6. This is the work which I have accomplished, viz., “I have manifested Thy name,” made Thee known as the Eternal Father, in Thy relations with the Son, whom Thou hast begotten, consubstantial with Thee, and sent in human flesh into the world, and the Holy Ghost proceeding from us both, a Blessed Trinity of Persons in the one nature of God. “To the men whom Thou hast given Me,” viz., the Apostles and faithful followers, whom Thou hast chosen out of the sinful, condemned mass of mankind, preventing
John 17:6–19