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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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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. John 17:21 That is, be continuing to be; or, keep on being; not ‘get to be’.
  3. 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).
  4. John 17:21 Or, in order that.
  5. 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).

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