for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God — the Father's love of the disciples flows from their response to Jesus; they have loved Jesus and believed in him, and this faith awakens the Father's love toward them. Love and faith are intertwined; to believe that Jesus came from God is to align oneself with the Father's purpose and to become the object of the Father's affection.

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