John 17:23

I in them and You in me that they may become tamim (perfect) in Achdut (Unity) that the Olam Hazeh may have da'as that You sent me, and had ahavah for them, just as You have ahavah for me.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

22The kavod which You have given me, I have given them, that they may be echad just as we are echad.

24Elohim Avi, as to that which You have given me, I desire that where I am, those also may be with me, that they may behold my kavod, which You have given me, because You had ahavah for me before the hivvased haOlam.

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Cross References

John 3:17For Hashem did not send the Ben HaElohim into the Olam Hazeh that he might judge the Olam Hazeh, but that the Olam Hazeh might be brought to the Geulah (Redemption) of the Olam Haba through him (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach). + 3:17 Isa 53:11

John 13:35By this will kol Bnei Adam have da'as that my talmidim you are, if ahavah you have one for the other.

John 14:23In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, If anyone has ahavah for me, of my dvar he will be shomer and HaAv of me will have ahavah for him and to him we will come and with him we will make a ma'on. + 14:23 Yn 14:2 , me'onot, plural; see also Prov 8:17; Ezek 37:27

John 17:21That all may be echad, as You, Avi, are in me and I am in You, + 17:21 Jer 32:39 that also they may be in us, that the Olam Hazeh may have emunah (faith) that You sent me.

John 17:26And I have made known to them the Shem of You and will make it known, that the ahavah with which You loved me may be in them and I in them.

1 Corinthians 1:30But you are of Hashem in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua who became to us chochmah (wisdom) from Hashem, our Tzidkanut (Righteousness) and our Kedushah (Holiness) and our Geulah LaOlam (Redemption to the world), + 1:30 Jer 23:5,6; 33:16

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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