knowing directly

You know your personal acquaintances directly and you know famous people by reputation. They don’t know you, and since you know them by hearsay and second-hand accounts it would be more accurate to say that you know about them. I came that you might have life, and this is life eternal, that you may know me. It is not enough that you know about me, for this is not intimate enough to be a saving knowledge. Let not your heart be troubled, for I have made myself available to you that the way is open for you to know me directly. Unlike the famous people that you only know about, I know you as well, and invite you to abide in me.