<p>3:35 <i>The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand</i>- We have just read that God so loved the world that He gave His Son (:16). That love for the world was focused through His love of the Son. The &quot;all things&quot; are those spoken of in the prologue- the all things of the new creation, of persons who believe into Him. We as believers are in His hand. Mt. 11:27 contains this thought too, when the Lord explains that the Father's giving all things to Him means that men can only know the Father if the Son reveals Him to them. The &quot;all things&quot; again refers to believers. John 10 expresses similar ideas; we are as the Lord's sheep safe in His hand and cannot be snatched away. This leads on to the assurance that we have right now the eternal life (:36).</p>