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Joh 10:38. Κἂν ἐμοί, even though Me) You ought to have believed in Me: even separating Me from the works.-γνῶτε καὶ πιστεύσητε, that ye may know and believe) Faith follows subsequently to knowledge with those that are of a rather dull susceptibility.-ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, κἄγω ἐν αὐτῷ, the Father in Me, and I in Him) I am none else than the Father, in such a way, however, that I remain still the Son; and He none else than I, in such a way, however, as that He still remains the Father. And if any one shall have known Me, he knoweth the Father, and hath learned the Son. But if the power of One were less than that of the Other, the knowledge also would mislead; for in that case neither the essence nor the power of One can be learned by means of the Other.-Chrys. on this passage. These two sentences, I and the Father are one, and, the Father in Me and I in the Father, mutually explain one another. Comp. ch. Joh 17:11; Joh 17:21, “Holy Father, keep-those-that they may be one, as We are. As Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us.”