dwelleth in me, and I in him Or, abideth in Me and I in him. This is one of S. John's very characteristic phrases to express the most intimate mutual fellowship and union. The word -abide" is also characteristic, as we have seen. Comp. John 14:10; John 14:20; John 15:4-5, Joh 17:21; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:16. Christ is at once the centre and circumference of the life of the Christian; the source from which it springs, and the ocean into which it flows; its starting-point and its goal.

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