That they also may be in us (ινα κα αυτο εν ημιν ωσιν). Another purpose clause with ινα and the present active subjunctive of ειμ.…

Neither pray I for these alone, and so on. This prayer is not for the apostles only, but for all who will be converted under the preaching…

That they all may be one—that is, both “these” (the Apostles) and them also which shall believe on Me through their word …

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in …

St. Augustine of Hippo: When our Lord had prayed for His disciples, whom He also named Apostles, He added a prayer for all other…

At this point, the burden of the prayer is for unity (cf. “one”; GK 1651). Jesus has already stre ed the need for mutual love that will bind them t…

That all may be one. He again lays down the goal of our happiness as consisting in unity, and rightly so. For the ruin of the human race i…

That they all may be one
Among themselves. This may regard their unity in faith, and in the knowledge of Christ; for…

Our Lord especially prayed that all believers might be as one body under one head, animated by one soul, by their union with Christ and the Father …

1. After our Lord prayed for his disciples, he now prays in general for all the faithful (in chapter 17, lecture 3).

   First, we see hi…