John 17:21
that they may all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20And I not only pray for these, but also for those believing on me through their word;
Cross References
John 3:17For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.
John 10:16And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
John 10:38If I do, believe not me, believe the works: that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I 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 →