JOHN 17:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“That 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.”
May they all 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 have sent me — The petition for unity (hina pantes hen, that all may be one) reaches its fullest expression, grounding Church unity in the Father-Son relationship itself. The concentric structure (Father in Son, Son in Father, believers in both) reflects Johannine perichoresis (mutual indwelling). Unity becomes the Church's chief apologetic: the world's belief follows from witnessing organic oneness rooted in divine communion.
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