John 17:21-24

17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray 1  that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. 17:22 The glory 2  you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one – 17:23 I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one, 3  so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.

17:24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, 4  so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world 5 .

1 tn The words “I pray” are repeated from the first part of v. 20 for clarity.

2 tn Grk And the glory.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

3 tn Or “completely unified.”

4 tn Grk “the ones you have given me, I want these to be where I am with me.”

5 tn Grk “before the foundation of the world.”