"I knowHim, becauseI amfrom Him, and He sentMe."
and you have not come to knowHim, but I knowHim; and ifI saythat I do not knowHim, I will be a liarlikeyou, but I do knowHim and keepHis word.
"All thingshave been handed overto Me by My Father;and no oneknowsthe Sonexceptthe Father;nordoes anyoneknowthe Fatherexceptthe Son,and anyone to whomthe Sonwillsto reveal[Him].
"As You sentMe into the world,I alsohave sentthem into the world.
"Not that anyonehas seenthe Father,exceptthe One who is from God;He has seenthe Father.
No onehas seenGodat any time;the only begottenGodwho is in the bosomof the Father,He has explained[Him].
We have seenand testifythat the Fatherhas sentthe Son[to be] the Saviorof the world.
By thisthe loveof Godwas manifestedin us, that Godhas sentHis only begottenSoninto the worldsothat we might livethroughHim.
and the lifewas manifested,and we have seenand testifyand proclaimto you the eternallife,whichwas with the Fatherand was manifestedto us--
[Jesus], knowingthat the Fatherhad givenall thingsinto His hands,and that He had come forthfrom Godand was going backto God,
evenas the FatherknowsMe and I knowthe Father;and I lay downMy lifefor the sheep.