14. Here we have another note of our great Shepherd, Jesus Christ. He knows _every member_ of His flock; not merely the _just_, or the _elect_ (as Aug., Bede, Ypr., Tol.), and watches over each with special solicitude. And they, in turn, know Him with the knowledge of faith accompanied by charity. That there is not question merely of a barren faith, is proved by the comparison in the next verse between this knowledge and Christ’s. If it be objected that all Christians do not love Christ, we reply that, _as far as in Him lies_, they do; and the purpose of the parable is to show Christ’s love and solicitude for His sheep, to show forth what He does for them, not what they do for Him. He knows them, gathers them into His one fold, saves them by His grace here, and conducts them to heaven hereafter. What the sheep must do on their part after entering the fold, is outside the scope of the parable. 15. Sicut novit me Pater, et 15. As the Father knoweth me, ego agnosco Patrem: et animam and I know the Father: and I meam pono pro ovibus meis. lay down my life for my sheep. 15. Connect with 14: *I know mine, and mine know me, as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father.* The knowledge is similar, but not, of course, equal; just as our perfection can never equal the infinite perfection of God, though Christ says: “Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt. v. 48. *And I lay down my life for my sheep.* Perfect knowledge and sympathy bring forth the perfect remedy, and Christ’s knowledge and love of His sheep receive their fitting consummation in His sacrifice. The words “I lay down My life” show that Christ gave up His life freely and voluntarily (see verse 18); while the closing words of the verse prove the vicarious character of Christ’s sacrifice. 16. Et alias oves habeo, quae 16. And other sheep I have, non sunt ex hoc ovili: et that are not of this fold; illas oportet me adducere, et them also I must bring, and vocem meam audient, et fiet they shall hear my voice, and unum ovile, et unus pastor. there shall be one fold and one shepherd.