3977. 'For you know my service with which I have served you' means toil and endeavour from His own power. This becomes clear from what has been stated and referred to just above in 3975, and so without any further explanation. But what else these words embody is evident from what has been stated above in 3974 as well as from what follows below.

3975. 'For whom I have served you' means from His own power. This is clear from the meaning of 'serving' as toil and endeavour, dealt with in 3824, 3846. When these terms are used in reference to the Lord, His own power is meant, for it was from His own power that the Lord obtained Divine Goods and Divine Truths for Himself and made His Human Divine, see 1616, 1749, 1755, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2083, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2816, 3382.