That they may be perfected into one (ινα ωσιν τετελειωμενο εις εν). Purpose clause again with ινα (nineteen times in this prayer, …

May be made perfect in one. That is, that their union may be complete; that there may be no disagreements, discords, or contentions. A mac…

I in them, and you in me.—These words are best regarded as a parenthesis more explicitly setting forth the thought of the…

That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have se…

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

The “glory” (GK 1518) the Father has given Jesus is the triumphant task of redeeming the human race to God (cf. Hebrews 2:9–10). By shar…

I in them, and you in me; for he intends to teach that in him dwells all fullness of blessings, and that what was concealed in God is now …

I in them
Christ is in his saints; not as he is in all the world, being the omnipresent God; or as he is in every ma…

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).

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