John 17:21
May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.
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In Context
20My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:
Ezekiel 37:22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:
Zechariah 14:9And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.
John 3:17God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
John 10:16And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
John 10:38But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
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 →