JOHN 17:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”
I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me — The recursive indwelling (I in them, you in me) expresses the mystical union central to Johannine soteriology: believers participate in the divine life through the Son. The world's knowledge of Christ's mission depends on witnessing this internal unity and God's love manifested toward disciples with the same intensity reserved for the Son. This represents the apotheosis of mission theology: love becomes testimony.
Church Fathers on John 17:23
When our Lord had prayed for His disciples, whom He named also Apostles, He added a prayer for all others who should believe on Him; Neither pray I for these alone, but for all others who shall believe of Me through their word.
Another ground of consolation to them, that they were to be the cause of the salvation of others.
As you, Father, are in Me, and I in you, that they also may be one in Us, i.e. that as the Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father, so after the likeness of this unity, all may be one in the Father and in the Son.
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