John 17:21-23
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
21 that[a] they may all be[b] one[c]— just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, that[d] they also may be in Us— in order that the world may be believing that You sent Me forth. 22 And I have given them the glory[e] which You have given to Me in order that they may be one just as We are one, 23 I in them and You in Me; in order that they may be perfected into one— in order that the world may be knowing that You sent Me forth, and loved them just as You loved Me.
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- John 17:21 This gives the content of this prayer, that they may all be one. Or, in order that, giving the purpose of it. I do not pray ‘Keep them’ and ‘Set them apart’ for them alone, but for all, in order that they may all be one.
- John 17:21 That is, be continuing to be; or, keep on being; not ‘get to be’.
- John 17:21 That is, one with Us (as defined by what follows, and equivalent to ‘may all abide in Us and Us in them’); or, one with each other (linking it to the command to love one another).
- John 17:21 Or, in order that.
- John 17:22 That is, the glory of Your name and word revealed through Me; or, the glory of My working through them, 14:13-14; or, the glory of humbly taking up their cross and serving You as I did; or, the glory of I in them (v 23), of the divine nature indwelling them (2 Pet 1:4).
John 17:21-23
King James Version
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 them, as thou hast loved me.
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John 17:21-23
International Standard Version
21 so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one[a] in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.
22 “I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one. 23 I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.
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- John 17:21 Other mss. lack one
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