Drawing, like Luther, on the wide range of biblical analogies for this union, Calvin’s judicial emphasis with respect to justification is complemented by the organic imagery of union and ingrafting in relation to the inner renewal and communion with Christ, including his holiness. Thus, commenting on John 17, Calvin explains, “Having been ingrafted into the body of Christ, we are made partakers of the Divine adoption, and heirs of heaven.”36 “This is the purpose of the gospel,” he says, “that Christ