John 17:21
So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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In The King James Version
In Context
20But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give to them one heart and one way, so that they may fear me all their days, and so that it may be well with them, and with their sons after them.
Ezekiel 37:22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more 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 will be one.
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
John 10:16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
John 10:38But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe 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 →