John 17:21
Father, I ask that all of them may be one. Just as you are in me and I am in you, so may they too be in us, so that the world may come to believe that you sent me.
Treated in 20 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Cure of Evil-speaking cites John 17:21
…Father, art in me, and I in thee; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me!” [John 17:21] The Lord hasten the time! The Lord enable us thus to love one another, not only “in word…
- Feasting at the table ·
A Body and a Building cites John 17:21
…How do I contribute my part of the functioning body – “so that the world may believe”? (John 17:21) Whenever I am asked semi-seriously, “So, what part of the Body are you?” I usually…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites John 17:21
…secondary doctrines. His vision resonates with Jesus' prayer “that they may all be one” (John 17:21, ASV). But unity is not the same as doctrinal indifference. The New Testament also…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites John 17:21
…creates it. Jesus prays both “that they may all be one” and “sanctify them in the truth” (John 17:21, 17, ASV). Christian unity is therefore neither organizational uniformity nor…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
Christ Existing as Community cites JOHN 17:21
…thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. JOHN 17:21 A caution Some readers will hear in this language an echo of Roman Catholic or…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Why Do Christians Disagree So Much? cites John 17:21
…may be one,” and He gave the reason: “so that the world may believe that You sent Me” (John 17:21). Our unity is part of our witness. Paul says to work “with diligence to preserve the…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
That We Might Be Made God cites JOHN 17:21
…may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us. JOHN 17:21 Reading it with care Because the language is easily misread, a Christian reader should…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Oneness with Christ cites JOHN 17:21
…thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. JOHN 17:21 From allegiance to union She traced the usual course of Christian experience through the…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
A Covenant People cites JOHN 17:21
…thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. JOHN 17:21 When God’s people live together as servants and lovers in obedience, he says, the world…
- The Key Teachings of Martyn Lloyd-Jones ·
The Church and Evangelical Unity cites JOHN 17:21
…thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. JOHN 17:21 What can be received from Lloyd-Jones here, whatever one’s view of 1966, is his…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Church in the Place cites JOHN 17:21
…thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. JOHN 17:21 Whether the remedy is a particular structure of gathering is another question altogether…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
What’s the Difference Between Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants? cites John 17:21
…Orthodox friends actually believe, from them. Jesus prayed “that all of them may be one” (John 17:21). Talk about your differences honestly and kindly, and you may find you share more than…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Reproof of such as sin against this merciful disposition in Christ. Of quenching the Spirit cites John xvii. 21
…did he beg of his Father that they might be one, as he and the Father were one ? John xvii. 21. But what he prayed for on earth, we shall only enjoy perfectly in heaven. Let this make…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Unity of God cites John 17:21
…serve him be one. This is what Christ prayed so heartily for. ‘That they all may be one.’ John 17:21. Christians should be one, (1.) In judgement. The apostle exhorts to be all of one mind.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Trinity cites John 17:21
…one person is in another, and with another. ‘Thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee.’ John 17:21. II. Let me speak of the Trinity in Unity. [1] The first person in the Trinity is God the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Covenant of Grace cites John 17:21
…and Christ. ‘As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.’ John 17:21. Now, the union between Christ and the saints being so inseparable, it can never be…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites John 17:21-23
…be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one” (John 17:21-23). Could oneness be closer or more complete? Paul also foreshadows this glorious…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
Oneness with Christ cites John 17:21-23
…one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me”(John 17:21-23) God's glorious purpose for His people, before the world's foundation, was a soul-union.…
- Answers to Prayer ·
Precious Answers to Prayer cites John xvii. 20-23
…with no less love than that, with which He loves His only begotten Son, according to John xvii. 20-23? Or are we better than you? Nay, are we not in ourselves poor miserable sinners as you…
- A Plain Account of Christian Perfection ·
Sections 15-21 cites John 17:20-23
…also may be one in us; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.’ (John 17:20-23.) (3.) ‘I bow my knees unto the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he would…