13. ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου. The phrase occurs here for the first time. Comp. Joh 15:16, Joh 16:23-24; Joh 16:26. Anything that can rightly be asked in His name will be granted; there is no other limit. By ‘in My name’ is not of course meant the mere using the formula ‘through Jesus Christ.’ Rather, it means praying and working as Christ’s representatives in the same spirit in which Christ prayed and worked,—‘Not My will, but Thine be done.’ Prayers for other ends than this are excluded; not that it is said that they will not be granted, but there is no promise that they will be. Comp. 2Co 12:8-9. For ἵνα δοξασθῇ see on Joh 11:4, Joh 12:28, Joh 13:31.