I and my Father are one.
Parallel translations
- WEB I and the Father are one.”
- BSB I and the 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.
Cross-references & the web
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 saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
- John 17:21–23That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 8:58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
- Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Matt 11:27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- John 17:10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
- 1 Tim 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
- John 16:15All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
- 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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