I and the Father are one.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I and the Father are one.”
- KJV I and my Father are one.
- NKJV I and My Father are one.”
- NASB I and the Father are one.”
- NLT The Father and I are one.”
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Quick answer
Jesus declares, 'I and the Father are one.' He claims a unity with the Father that affirms His deity.
Overview
This statement asserts oneness in power and purpose, and indeed in essence, between the Son and the Father, since the sheep are secure in both their hands. The Jews rightly understood it as a claim to deity, as their reaction shows. The verse is a cornerstone text for the doctrine that the Son shares the divine nature with the Father.
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Cross-references · 15
- John 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- John 17:21–23that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
- John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
- Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
- John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- John 17:10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
- 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- John 16:15Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.
- 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that testify:
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