John 17:26

John 17:26. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it

I read it to you as it stands. Our good translators were always afraid of using a word too often, for fear of falling into tautology; so for what they considered the beauty of the language they used the word "declared instead of I made known"; but why should they have done so? Who were they that they should have wanted to improve on Christ’s words? It should be the same word right on: "The world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have made known unto them thy name, and will make it known:"

John 17:26. That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Oh, that this love may be in us, for Christ’s sake! Amen.