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At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John 14:20 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
  • BSB On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am 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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • John 15:5–7I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
  • Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
  • 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 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
  • John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
  • 1 Jn 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
  • John 10:38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
  • Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • John 16:26At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
  • Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Col 1:19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
  • Col 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
  • John 16:23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
  • John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
  • John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
  • 1 Cor 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • Eph 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • John 17:7Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
  • 2 Cor 5:19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
  • Rom 16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
  • 2 Cor 12:2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

How John 14:20 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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