John 17:21
that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
22The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:
Ezekiel 37:22and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be King over all the earth. In that day the Lord will be one, and his name one.
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
John 10:16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
John 10:38But if I do them, though you do not believe 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 →