8. They have known, that I have come from Thee, for this reason; “because the words,” or doctrine, “which Thou gavest Me,” in order to be communicated to them, “I have given to them”—clearly announcing it as it emanated from Thee, “and they,” on their part, “have received them,” with docility and obedience. “And”—consequently—“have known in very deed that I came out from Thee,” in My Divine nature, by an eternal generation. “And they have believed, that Thou hast sent Me,” in My Incarnation, into
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