In these chapters the pattern of the central structure continues to determine the way the author expounds the coming of the Son into the world. This is so in the opening verses (13:1, 3) and in the final words of the discourse (14:31). It is particularly present in 14:5–11 and is doubtless in mind in the command to the disciples: “Believe in God and believe in me” (14:1). Elements of the pattern are also applied to the sending of the Spirit (14:26) and the disciples (13:16,
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