John 17:21

that they all may be one; as thou, my Father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; so that the world may believe, that thou didst send me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20And it is not for them only that I pray, but also for those who shall believe in me through their discourse;

22And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, as we are one.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world might live by means of him.

John 10:16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.

John 10:38But if I do them, although ye believe not me, yet believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my 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 →

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