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as I am not of the world. How then does He say elsewhere, ‘Those whom You gave me out of the world, were Yours’? There He speaks of nature, but here concerning evil deeds. And He composes a long encomium for them; first, that they are not of the world; then, that He Himself gave them, and that they have kept His word, and that for this they are hated. But if He says, ‘As I am not of the world,’ do not be troubled. For the ‘As,’ here, is not of unvarying exactness. For just as when the ‘As’ is spoken of Him and the Father, the equality is great on account of the kinship of nature; so when it is spoken of us and Him, the distance is great, because the distance between each of the two natures is both great and infinite. For if ‘He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth,’ how could the apostles be made equal to Him? What then does He mean by, ‘They are not of the world’? They look to another, they have nothing in common with the earth, but have become citizens of the heavens. And from these things also He shows His love, when He praises them to the Father, and commends them to Him who begot Him. And when He says, 'Keep them,' 59.443 He is not speaking only about deliverance from dangers, but also about perseverance in the faith; for which reason He also added: 'Sanctify them in Your truth;' make them holy through the gift of the Spirit and of right doctrines. Just as when He says, 'You are clean because of the word which I have spoken to you,' so now He says the same thing: 'Instruct them, teach them the truth.' And yet He says the Spirit does this. How then does He ask this from the Father now? So that you may learn again the equality of honor. For right doctrines spoken about God sanctify the soul. But if He says they are sanctified by the word, do not be surprised. And that He is speaking about doctrines, He added: 'Your word is truth;' that is, there is no falsehood in it, but all things spoken must certainly come to pass; and that again it signifies nothing typical, nor anything physical; just as Paul also says concerning the Church: that 'He sanctified it with a word.' For He knows that a word of God can also cleanse. But it seems to me that 'Sanctify them' also signifies something else, as in, 'Set them apart for the word and for the preaching.' And this again is clear from what follows. For 'As You,' He says, 'sent Me into the world, I also have sent them;' which Paul also says, 'Placing in us the word of reconciliation.' For that for which Christ came, for this they also have taken possession of the world. But the 'As,' here again is not used for a likeness between Him and the apostles; (for how else was it possible for men to be sent? But it is also His custom to speak of the future as though it has happened.) 'And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth.' What is, 'I sanctify Myself'? 'I offer a sacrifice to You.' But all sacrifices are called holy; and properly holy are the things dedicated to God. For since of old the sanctification was in a type, in the sheep; but now it is not in a type, but in truth itself; for this reason He says: 'That they may be sanctified in Your truth.' For I both dedicate them to You and make them an offering. He says this either because He is the head, or because they too are sacrificed. For 'Present,' it says, 'your members as a living sacrifice, holy'; and, 'We were regarded as sheep for the slaughter'; and, 'Without death He makes them a sacrifice and an offering.' For that He alluded to His own sacrifice by saying, 'I sanctify,' is clear from what follows. 'And I do not pray for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word.' For since He was dying for them (and He said, 'For their sakes I sanctify Myself'); so that no one might think that He did this for the apostles only, He added: 'And I do not pray for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word.' b. From this again He raised their souls, showing that there would be many disciples. For since He made common what they had as special, He again comforts them, showing that they would become the cause of the salvation of others. And having spoken both about their salvation and their being sanctified by the faith and by the sacrifice, He speaks next about concord, and on this He finally concludes His discourse,

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καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου. Πῶς οὖν ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν, Οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, σοὶ ἦσαν; Ἐκεῖ μὲν τὴν φύσιν λέγων, ἐνταῦθα δὲ περὶ πράξεων πονηρῶν. Καὶ μακρὸν αὐτῶν συντίθησιν ἐγκώμιον· πρῶτον, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου· εἶτα, ὅτι αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς ἔδωκε, καὶ ὅτι τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐτήρησαν, καὶ ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο μισοῦνται. Εἰ δὲ λέγει, Καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, μὴ θορυβηθῇς. Τὸ γὰρ, Καθὼς, ἐνταῦθα οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπαραλλάκτου ἀκριβείας. Ὥσπερ γὰρ, ὅταν ἐπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς λέγηται τὸ Καθὼς, πολλὴ ἡ ἰσότης διὰ τὴν τῆς φύσεως συγγένειαν· οὕτως ὅταν ἐφ' ἡμῶν καὶ αὐτοῦ λέγηται, πολὺ τὸ μέσον διὰ τὸ καὶ πολὺ εἶναι τὸ μέσον καὶ ἄπειρον ἑκατέρας τῆς φύσεως. Εἰ γὰρ Ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸς, οὐδὲ δόλος τις εὑρέθη ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, πῶς δύναιντ' ἂν οἱ ἀπόστολοι παρισοῦσθαι αὐτῷ; Τί οὖν ἐστιν ὅ φησιν, Ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσί; Πρὸς ἕτερον ὁρῶσιν, οὐδὲν κοινόν τι πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐστιν αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ τῶν οὐρανῶν, γεγόνασι πολῖται. Καὶ ἐκ τούτων δὲ τὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ δείκνυσιν, ὅταν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα αὐτοὺς ἐγκωμιάζῃ, καὶ παρατιθῆται τῷ γεγεννηκότι. Εἰπὼν δὲ, Τήρησον αὐ 59.443 τοὺς, οὐ περὶ τῆς τῶν κινδύνων ἀπαλλαγῆς φησι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῆς ἐν πίστει παραμονῆς· διὸ καὶ ἐπήγαγεν· Ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου· ἁγίους ποίησον διὰ τῆς τοῦ Πνεύματος δόσεως καὶ τῶν ὀρθῶν δογμάτων. Ὥσπερ ὅταν λέγῃ, Καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον, ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν, καὶ νῦν τὸ αὐτό φησι· Παίδευσον αὐτοὺς, δίδαξον τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Καὶ μὴν τοῦτο λέγει τὸ Πνεῦμα ποιεῖν. Πῶς οὖν αὐτὸ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς αἰτεῖ νῦν; Ἵνα μάθῃς πάλιν τὴν ἰσοτιμίαν. Τὰ γὰρ ὀρθὰ δόγματα περὶ Θεοῦ λεγόμενα ἁγιάζει τὴν ψυχήν. Εἰ δὲ λόγῳ φησὶν ἁγιάζεσθαι, μὴ θαυμάσῃς. Καὶ ὅτι περὶ δογμάτων φησὶν, ἐπήγαγεν· Ὁ λόγος ὁ σὸς ἀλήθειά ἐστι· τουτέστι, Οὐδὲν ψεῦδος ἐν αὐτῷ, πάντως δὲ ἐκβῆναι δεῖ πάντα τὰ εἰρημένα· καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν τυπικὸν δηλοῖ πάλιν, οὐδὲ σωματικόν· καθὼς καὶ Παῦλός φησι περὶ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας· ὅτι Ἡγίασεν αὐτὴν ἐν ῥήματι. Οἶδε γὰρ καὶ ῥῆμα Θεοῦ καθαίρειν. ∆οκεῖ δέ μοι καὶ ἕτερον δηλοῦν τὸ, Ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς, οἱονεὶ τὸ, Ἀφόρισον αὐτοὺς τῷ λόγῳ καὶ τῷ κηρύγματι. Καὶ τοῦτο πάλιν ἐκ τῶν ἑξῆς δῆλον. Καθὼς γὰρ ἐμὲ, φησὶν, ἀπέστειλας εἰς τὸν κόσμον, κἀγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς· ὃ λέγει καὶ Παῦλος, Θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς. Ὑπὲρ οὗ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς ἀφῖκται, ὑπὲρ τούτου καὶ οὗτοι τὴν οἰκουμένην κατέλαβον. Τὸ δὲ, Καθὼς, πάλιν ἐνταῦθα οὐχ ὁμοιώσεως ἐπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων κεῖται· (πῶς γὰρ ἄλλως ἦν ἐγχωροῦν ἀνθρώποις ἀποσταλῆναι; ἔθος δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ μέλλον ὡς γεγονὸς λέγειν. Καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτὸν, ἵνα ὦσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. Τί ἐστιν, Ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν; Προσφέρω σοι θυσίαν. Αἱ δὲ θυσίαι πᾶσαι ἅγιαι λέγονται· καὶ κυρίως ἅγια τὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἀνακείμενα. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τὸ παλαιὸν ἐν τύπῳ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ἦν ἐν τῷ προβάτῳ· νυνὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τύπῳ, ἀλλ' αὐτῇ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ· διό φησιν· Ἵνα ὦσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτούς σοι ἀνατίθημι καὶ ποιῶ προσφοράν. Ἤτοι διὰ τὸ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦτο γίνεσθαί φησι, ἢ διὰ τὸ καὶ αὐτοὺς θύεσθαι. Παραστήσατε γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν Θυσίαν ζῶσαν, ἁγίαν· καὶ, Ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς· καὶ, Χωρὶς θανάτου θυσίαν αὐτοὺς ἐργάζεται καὶ προσφοράν. Ὅτι γὰρ τὴν θυσίαν ᾐνίξατο τὴν αὐτοῦ εἰπὼν, Ἁγιάζω, δῆλον ἐκ τῶν ἑξῆς. Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀπέθνησκεν (εἶπε δὲ, ὅτι Ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν)· ἵνα μή τις νομίσῃ, ὅτι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦτο μόνον ἐποίει, ἐπήγαγεν· Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ. βʹ. Ἐντεῦθεν πάλιν ἀνέστησεν αὐτῶν τὰς ψυχὰς, δείξας ἐσομένους πολλοὺς μαθητάς. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, ὅπερ εἶχον ἐξαίρετον, κοινὸν ἐποίησε, πάλιν αὐτοὺς παραμυθεῖται, δηλῶν καὶ τῆς τῶν ἄλλων σωτηρίας γινομένους αὐτοὺς αἰτίους. Εἰπὼν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ ἁγιασθῆναι τῇ πίστει καὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ, λέγει λοιπὸν περὶ ὁμονοίας, καὶ εἰς τοῦτο λοιπὸν κατακλείει τὸν λόγον,