Albert Barnes Commentary John 17:22

"And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we [are] one;" — John 17:22 (ASV)

And the glory, and so on. The honour which you have conferred on me by admitting me to union with you, the same honour I have conferred on them by admitting them to like union with me.

May be one, even as we are one. Not in nature, or in the mode of existence—for this was not the subject of discourse, and would be impossible—but in feeling, in principle, in purpose. Evincing, as the Father and the Son had always done, the same great aim and plan; not pursuing different interests, or counteracting each other's purposes, or forming parties, but seeking the same ends by the same means. This is the union between the Father and the Son. Always, in the creation, preservation, and redemption of the world, the Father and the Son have sought the same object, and this is to be the model on which Christians should act.