John 17:23

Jesus prays that believers be perfected in unity through his indwelling, so the world may know the Father sent him and loves his people as he loves the Son. Unity reveals God's love.

Cross-references · 25

• John 17:21that 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 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
• 1 Jn 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
• John 13:35By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
• 1 Jn 4:12–16No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
• Col 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
• 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.”
• 1 Jn 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• 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 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• 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.
• Eph 1:6–14to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved 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.
• Col 2:9–10For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
• Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Phil 3:15All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
• John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
• 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Col 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• Rom 8:10–11But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
• Eph 4:12–16to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
• John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• 1 Jn 4:19We love because He first loved us.
• Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

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