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, that they loved him and kept his commandments, how is it not consistent for them to confess that he himself immediately fulfilled the promise which he had made to them, having asked the Father and sent another Paraclete to them; for if, when they not only loved him but also chose to die for him, he had not sent them the Paraclete as he promised, according to the Phrygian impiety, he will be found false in his promises. But if, being truth, he sent them the Holy Spirit, they wander in vain, imagining and asserting that the Paraclete was sent through Montanus and Priscilla some two hundred and thirty years after the apostolic grace had come into being. 261 Jo 14, 15-16 From the fact that the apostles did all the wills of God and died for him, it is clear that they kept his commandments. Therefore, they were immediately deemed worthy also of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the heresy of the Phrygians is proven false, who say that after 230 years the Paraclete was sent through Montanus and Priscilla and Maximilla. From what he says about asking the Father to send another Paraclete, he clearly presents the three persons of the one Trinity; for no one says that one asks himself and sends himself, which is what those who confuse the hypostases say. 262 Jo 14, 17 Here he calls "world" the worldly people who believe nothing exists beyond what is seen. For this reason, they were not able to receive the Spirit of truth, which is by nature incorporeal and cannot be seen by them. But as they had already been baptized in the Holy Spirit and had sanctification in themselves, he said, "he abides with you and will be in you"; for having received the gift through baptism, they were about to receive also the gift through the Paraclete not long after. 263 Jo 14, 18 For he never left them bereft of his own providence, seeing that even after the resurrection he was found with them very many times. 264 Jo 14, 19 For after the resurrection he was to be seen only by the disciples, giving to the faithful a pledge of the future eternal life. 265 Jo 14, Then, he says, when you see my glory you will be fully assured, when we all shall be united by the bond of love, with each hypostasis remaining in its own limits. 266 Jo 14, 21 The sign of love for Christ is the keeping of his commandments. 267 Jo 14, 22 Judas wished that, as a friend, he would deem the whole world worthy of such a good thing as the sight of himself. 268 Jo 14, 22-24 That one wished, on account of his preceding love for mankind, for the benefit from the manifestation to belong not only to the disciples, but at the same time, if it were possible, to the whole world. But the Lord, wishing to show that not all are to be deemed worthy of such things, makes clear through his answer that only those who keep his commandments will appear worthy both of his manifestation and of the Father's love. But he who does not believe nor keep his words has become completely alien to his love. And by saying that the word of his teaching is not his own but the Father's who sent him, he clearly showed from this also the difference of the persons. 269 Jo 14, 23 Through what he says, he signifies that not all are deemed worthy of the things that were said, but those who keep his commandments, which he delivered, having taught through himself. And he promises the indwelling in the faithful by speaking in the plural, "we will come," in order to refute the heresy of Sabellius which says the Father and the Son are one. 270 Jo 14, 24 He who disbelieves his words is alien to his love. And by attributing the whole of the teaching to the Father, he presents the distinct subsistence of the hypostases, through what he says about the one who sent and the one who was sent. 271 Jo 14, 26 For it was possible even for those born at any time after this to be taught by the Paraclete, but it is utterly impossible for those who had not previously learned from the Lord to be reminded by him. Primarily, therefore, to the apostles who had previously heard from him, and then afterwards also by the

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, ὅτι ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐτήρησαν αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς, πῶς οὐχὶ ἀκό λουθον αὐτοὺς ὁμολογῆσαι, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν, ἥνπερ αὐτοῖς ἐπηγγεί λατο, εὐθὺς ἐξεπλήρωσεν ἐρωτήσας τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον πέμψας αὐτοῖς· εἰ γὰρ ἐκείνων οὐ μόνον ἀγαπησάντων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν προελομένων ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ αὐτὸς μὴ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς, ὡς ἐπηγγείλατο, τὸν παράκλητον κατὰ τὴν Φρυγιακὴν ἀσέβειαν, ψευδὴς ἐν ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις εὑρεθήσεται. εἰ δὲ ἀλήθεια ὑπάρχων ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, μάτην πλανώμενοι φαντάζουσι φάσκοντες διὰ Μοντανοῦ καὶ Πρισκίλλης ἀπε στάλθαι τὸν παράκλητον μετὰ διακόσιά που καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη τῆς ἀποστο λικῆς χάριτος γενομένων. 261 Jo 14, 15-16 Ἐξ ὧν πάντα ἐποίησαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ θελήματα καὶ ὑπερ απέθανον αὐτοῦ δῆλον, ὅτι ἐτήρησαν αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς. οὐκοῦν ἠξιώθησαν καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐνοικήσεως εὐθὺς καὶ διαψεύδονται ἡ τῶν κατὰ Φρύγα αἵρεσις λέγοντες μετὰ σʹ λʹ ἔτη διὰ Μοντανοῦ καὶ Πρισκίλλης καὶ Μαξι μίλλης ἀπεστάλθαι τὸν παράκλητον. ἐξ ὧν δὲ λέγει αἰτεῖν τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα ἄλλον παράκλητον πέμψῃ, σαφῶς τὰ τρία πρόσωπα τῆς μιᾶς παρίστησι τριάδος· οὐδεὶς γὰρ λέγει, ὅτι ἑαυτόν τις αἰτεῖ καὶ ἑαυτὸν πέμπει ὅπερ φασὶν οἱ τὰς ὑποστάσεις συγχέοντες. 262 Jo 14, 17 Κόσμον ὧδε λέγει τοὺς κοσμικοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς μηδὲν ἔξω τῶν ὁρω μένων πιστεύοντας εἶναι. διὸ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἠδύναντο φύσει ὂν ἀσώματον λαβεῖν καὶ θεωρεῖσθαι ὑπ' αὐτῶν οὐ δυνάμενον. ὡς ἤδη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ βαπτισθέντων καὶ ἐχόντων ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸν ἁγιασμὸν εἶπεν, ὅτι παρ' ὑμῖν μένει καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται· τὴν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος λαβόντες δωρεὰν ἤμελλον καὶ τὴν διὰ τοῦ παρακλήτου λαμβάνειν δωρεὰν μετ' οὐ πολύ. 263 Jo 14, 18 Οὐδέποτε γὰρ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ προνοίας εἴασεν ἐρήμους αὐτούς, ὅπου γε καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν πλειστάκις συνηυρέθη αὐτοῖς. 264 Jo 14, 19 Ἤμελλε γὰρ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν μόνοις ὀφθῆναι τοῖς μαθηταῖς, ἀρραβῶνα διδόναι πιστοῖς τῆς μελλούσης ἀϊδίου ζωῆς. 265 Jo 14, Τότε φησὶν θεασάμενοί μου τὴν δόξαν μέλλετε πληροφορεῖσθαι, ὅτε πάντες ἑνωθησόμεθα τῷ τῆς ἀγάπης συνδέσμῳ ἑκάστης ὑποστάσεως μενούσης ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις ὅροις. 266 Jo 14, 21 Γνώρισμα τῆς πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν ἀγάπης ἡ τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ τήρησις. 267 Jo 14, 22 Ἤθελεν ὁ Ἰούδας, ἵνα ὡς φίλος πάντα τὸν κόσμον ἀξιώσῃ τοῦ τοιούτου ἀγαθοῦ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ θεοπτίας. 268 Jo 14, 22-24 Ἐβούλετο ἐκεῖνος διὰ τὴν προJoῦσαν φιλανθρωπίαν μὴ μόνον τοῖς μαθη ταῖς τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιφανείας ὑπάρξαι ὠφέλειαν, ἀλλ' ὁμοῦ, εἰ οἷόν τε ἦν, παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ. ὁ δέ γε κύριος βουλόμενος δεῖξαι, ὅτι οὐ πάντων ἐστὶ καταξιοῦσθαι τοιούτων, διὰ τῆς ἀποκρίσεως παρίστησιν ὡς μόνοι οἱ φυλάσJoντες αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολὰς ἄξιοι φανήJoνται τῆς τε αὐτοῦ ἐπιφανείας καὶ τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς ἀγάπης. ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων μηδὲ τηρῶν αὐτοῦ τοὺς λόγους, ἀλλότριος παντελῶς τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ καθέστηκεν. τὸν δὲ λόγον τῆς διδασκαλίας οὐκ ἴδιον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτὸν πατρὸς εἶναι εἰρηκὼς σαφῶς καὶ ἐκ τούτου τὸ διάφορον τῶν προσώπων ὑπέδειξεν. 269 Jo 14, 23 ∆ι' ὧν λέγει, σημαίνει, ὅτι οὐ πάντες ἀξιοῦνται τῶν εἰρημένων, ἀλλ' οἱ τηροῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ἃς παρέδωκε διδάξας δι' ἑαυτοῦ. ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ πληθυντικῶς εἰπὼν ἐλευσόμεθα τὴν ἐν τοῖς πιστοῖς ἐνοίκησιν, ἵνα ἀνέλῃ τὴν Σαβελλίου αἵρεσιν τὴν ἕνα λέγουσαν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱόν. 270 Jo 14, 24 Ὁ ἀπιστῶν αὐτοῦ τοῖς λόγοις, ἀλλότριός ἐστι τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀγάπης. τὸ δὲ ὅλον τῆς διδασκαλίας τῷ πατρὶ ἀναθεὶς τὸ τῶν ὑποστάσεων παρίστησιν ἰδιο σύστατον, δι' ὧν λέγει τὸν ἀποστείλαντα καὶ ἀποσταλέντα. 271 Jo 14, 26 ∆ιδαχθῆναι μὲν καὶ τοὺς ὁτεδήποτε γενηJoμένους μετὰ ταῦτα ὑπὸ τοῦ παρακλήτου ἐνεχώρει, ἀναμνησθῆναι δὲ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τοὺς μὴ πρότερον ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου μαθόντας παντελῶς ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν. προηγουμένως οὖν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις τοῖς πρότερον παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀκούσασιν, μετέπειτα δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ