John 17:23

I in them and You in me, so that they may be perfected into one; also so that the world may know that You sent me, and have loved them just as You have loved me.

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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

22In fact, the glory that You gave to me I have given to them, so that they may be one just as We are one:

24“Father, those whom You have given to me, I desire that they also may be with me where I am, so that they may observe my glory, which You have given me, because You loved me before the founding of the world.

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Cross References

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

John 13:35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him: “If anyone loves me he will keep my word. So my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

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

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

1 Corinthians 1:30It is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God—also 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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