John 17:26

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

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WEBBE

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

BSB

And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

KJV

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

ASV

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

BBE

And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐγνώρισα egnōrisa I made known G1107 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 τὸ to the G3588 ὄνομά onoma name G3686 σου sou of You G4771 καὶ kai and G2532 γνωρίσω gnōrisō will make [it] known G1107 ἵνα ina so that G2443 ἡ hē the G3588 ἀγάπη agapē love G26 ἣν hēn with which G3739 ἠγάπησάς ēgapēsas You loved G25 με me Me G3165 ἐν en in G1722 αὐτοῖς autois them G846 ᾖ ē may be G1510 κἀγὼ kagō and I myself G1473 ἐν en in G1722 αὐτοῖς.¶ autois them G846

The early church

"And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it." "Yet thou sayest that perfect knowledge is from the Spirit." "But the things of the Spirit are Mine." "That the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may remain in them, and I in them." "For if they learn who Thou art, then they shall know that I am not separated from Thee, but one of the greatly beloved, and a true Son, and closely knit to Thee. And those who are rightly persuaded of this, will keep both the faith which is on Me and perfect love; and I will abide in them." Seest thou how He hath arrived at a good end, finishing off the discourse with love, the mother of all blessings?
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on John
"And I have made known to them," He says, "Thy name, and will make it known." I have made it known by faith, I will make it known by sight: I have made it known to those whose present sojourn in a strange land has its appointed end, I will make it known to those whose reign as kings shall be endless. "That the love," He adds, "wherewith Thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them." But how else is the love wherewith the Father loved the Son in us also, but because we are His members and are loved in Him, since He is loved in the totality of His person, as both Head and members? Therefore He added, "and I in them;" as if saying, Since I am also in them. For in one sense He is in us as in His temple; but in another, because we are also Himself, seeing that, in accordance with His becoming man, that He might be our Head, we are His body. The Saviour's prayer is finished, His passion begins; let us, therefore, also finish the present discourse, that we may treat of His passion, as He granteth us grace, in others to follow.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Tractates on John
(Tr. cxi. 5) And I have made known Thy name to them by faith, and will make it known by sight: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them. (2 Tim. 4:7) The Apostle uses a like phrase, I have fought a good fight, by a good fight being the more common form. The love wherewith the Father loveth the Son in us, can only be in us because we are His members, and we are loved in Him when He is loved wholly, i. e. both head and body. And therefore He adds, And I in them; He is in us, as in His temple, we in Him as our Head.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 24–26

Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all that had been given to him, and should in due time believe on him, that they should be brought to heaven; and that there the whole company of the redeemed might behold his glory as their beloved Friend and Brother, and therein find happiness. He had declared and would further declare the name or character of God, by his doctrine and his Spirit, that, being one with him, the love of the Father to him might abide with them also. Thus, being joined to Him by one Spirit, they might be filled with all the fulness of God, and enjoy a blessedness of which we can form no right idea in our present state.

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Jesus, The ChristGodRighteousWisdomLoveFellowship

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