John 17:23

I in them, and You in Me; so that they may be perfected in unity, and so that the world may know that You have sent Me, and You loved them just as You loved Me.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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 them, as thou hast loved me.

In Context

22And the glory which You have given to Me, I have given to them, so that they may be one just as We are one:

24“Father, I desire that those also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory which You gave to Me; because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 13:35By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” 1 Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make Our home with him.

John 17:21so that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

John 17:26And I made known to them Your name, and I will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

1 Corinthians 1:30But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God, 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 →

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