John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me; that they may be perfected into one; and that the world may know that thou didst send me, and that thou hast loved them as also thou hast loved me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, as we are one.
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 13:35By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other.
John 14:23Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
John 17:21that 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.
John 17:26And I have made known to them thy name; and I will make it known; so that the love, with which thou lovedst me, may be in them, and I in them.
1 Corinthians 1:30And ye, moreover, are of him in Jesus Messiah; who hath become to us wisdom from God, 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 →