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Gospel according to St John: An Introduction with Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text is unavailable, but you can change that!

C. K. Barrett’s Commentary on the Greek text of the Gospel of John, long recognized as a major contribution to theological studies, has become the standard work in the field. His comprehensive introduction to the Gospel deals not only with questions of date and authorship, but also with its theology and its place in developing Christian thought and institutional life. This is followed by a...

are made sharers in the sacrificial death of Christ and an anticipation of the life of the age to come. Union with Christ (and contact thereby with the other world) forms the basis and theme of the whole of ch. 15. There is a mutual indwelling of Father, Son, and disciple. The historical foundation of this relation is in the call of Christ (ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς, v. 16), and its outcome is the mutual love of Christians for one another (v. 13). Conversely, the hatred of the world for the church
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