“And that He who alone is God is also alone and truly righteous, our Lord in the Gospel itself shall testify, saying "Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: For Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Instructor Book 1
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25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
— John 17:25 —
26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.