John 17:23

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.
American Standard Version

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    A Body and a Building cites John 17:23

    …will be that “the world will know that You sent Me and loved them, even as You loved Me” (John 17:23). The body is a good example of many differing parts functioning as ‘one’. In a healthy b…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.5 The Lord's Supper cites John 17: 23

    …ly, we partake of his merits and graces, and are mystically ‘one with them.’ ‘I in them.’ John 17: 23. (2) ‘Take, eat.’ Eating shows the infinite delight the believing soul has in Christ. Eat…

  3. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites John 17:23

    …nt weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow. July 31 “I in them.” (John 17:23) If such be the union which subsists between our souls and the person of our Lord, how de…

  4. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    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 completio…

  5. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Oneness with Christ cites John 17:21-23

    …tly 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. …

  6. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    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 gr…

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