John 17:23 BSB — MannaFest

John 17:23

I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

BSB

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ASV

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 2.29 (420)

He reminds us that the whole Christian people are one in God, and, as his well-beloved children, are "partakers of the divine nature." We have already said (and the truth must now be inculcated more in detail) that we are not one in the Father and the Son according to nature but according to grace. For the essence of the human soul and the essence of God are not the same, as the Manichaeans constantly assert. But, says our Lord, "You have loved them as you have loved me."

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Christian Faith 5.7.88-91 (397)

There are some … who in their desire to deny the unity of the divine substance try to make light of the love of the Father and the Son, because it is written, "You have loved them, as you have loved me." But when they say this, what else do they do but adopt a likeness of comparison between the Son of God and human beings? Can we indeed be loved by God as the Son is, in whom the Father is well-pleased? The Son is well-pleasing in himself; we are well-pleasing through him.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

May be made perfect in one - That their union may be complete. That there may be no jars, discords, or contentions. A machine is perfect or complete when it has all its parts and is in good order when there is no portion of it wanting. So the union of Christians, for which the Saviour prayed, would be complete or perfect if there were no controversies, no envyings, no contentions, and no heart-burnings and jealousies. It is worthy of remark here how entirely the union of his people occupied the mind of Jesus as he drew near to death.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σὺ	su	You	G4771 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἐμοί,	emoi	Me myself —	G1473 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ὦσιν	ōsin	they may be	G1510 →
τετελειωμένοι	teteleiōmenoi	perfected	G5048 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
ἕν,	hen	unity,	G1520 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
γινώσκῃ	ginōskē	may know	G1097 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κόσμος	kosmos	world	G2889 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
σύ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
ἀπέστειλας	apesteilas	sent	G649 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠγάπησας	ēgapēsas	You loved	G25 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
ἐμὲ	eme	Me myself	G1473 →
ἠγάπησας.¶	ēgapēsas	You loved.	G25 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
leads to
- John 1:12
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Galatians 3:26
  You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
  And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Galatians 4:5–6
  to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Through
John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
leads to
- 1 John 4:20–21
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:10
  Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
- 1 John 3:10–14
  By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About John