And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free — the promise of the continued discipleship is knowledge of truth and resulting freedom. Truth (alētheia) in John is not merely correct doctrine but God's reality revealed in Jesus. This truth has liberating power: it frees from blindness, from slavery to the world's deceptions, from death itself. The promise assumes that people are presently enslaved—to falsehood, to the world, to sin. Freedom comes through knowing the truth personally, through relationship with Jesus who is 'the way, the truth, and the life' (14:6).

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