John 17:21

Jesus prays that all believers may be one, modeled on the union of Father and Son, so that the world may believe the Father sent him. Christian unity bears witness to Christ.

Cross-references · 31

• 1 Cor 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
• Col 3:11–14Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
• 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 12:25–27so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
• Phil 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
• John 13:35By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
• John 17:22–23I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
• Rom 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
• Zech 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
• Phil 2:1–6Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
• Eph 4:3–6and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
• John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
• Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• 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.”
• 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• 1 Pet 3:8–9Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• Jer 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
• Ezek 37:16–19“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
• John 14:9–11Jesus 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 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
• John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
• Zeph 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
• Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Ezek 37:22–25I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
• 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that testify:
• John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• 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 17:18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

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