The Father Dwells in the Son

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Jesus tells the disciples that truly knowing Him brings knowledge of the Father.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

Philip asks for a vision of the Father. Jesus points to His own life as the Father’s visible revelation.

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Jesus explains the mechanism of revelation: the Father dwelling in Him performs the works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

The disciples are called to believe Jesus is in the Father and the Father in Him, confirmed by the works.

I and my Father are one.

Jesus’ unity with the Father is more than agreement between separate agents. His hearers recognize the divine force of the claim.

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Paul describes the saving mission as God present in Christ and reconciling the world to Himself.

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

The divine fullness is not remotely represented. It dwells in Christ.

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Paul makes the claim explicit: all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ.