John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
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 13:35By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
John 17:21that 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.
John 17:26And I have made known to them thy name, and will continue to make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who has become to us, from God, wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
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 →