John 17:23
"I in them and thou in me; that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou didst send me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22"And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one even as we are one,
Cross References
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
John 13:35By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."
John 14:23Jesus replied."If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
John 17:21"that they may all be one, even as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee; that they also may be in us; in order that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 17:26"And I have declared - and will declare - thy name unto them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them."
1 Corinthians 1:30It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom 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 →