John 17:21
that they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20I pray, not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word;
22And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them, that they may be one, as we are one;
Cross References
John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.
John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; those, also, must I bring, and they will hear my voice: and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
John 10:38but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Matthew Henry on John 17:21-24
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved… Read the whole commentary →