On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
- KJV At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
- NKJV At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
- NASB On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.
- NLT When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
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Quick answer
In that coming day the disciples will know the mutual indwelling of the Father, the Son, and themselves. Salvation is union with the triune God.
Overview
'That day' points to the coming of the Spirit, who would reveal the deep reality of union: Jesus in the Father, and believers in Jesus and He in them. This mutual indwelling is the heart of Christian fellowship with God. Through the Spirit, believers share in the very life and love that exists between the Father and the Son.
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Cross-references · 23
- John 15:5–7I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- 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 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
- 1 Jn 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
- Rom 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
- John 16:26In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
- Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Col 1:19For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
- Col 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
- John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- John 17:7Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.
- 2 Cor 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Rom 16:7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
- 2 Cor 12:2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
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