John 17:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

John 17:22

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

The glory

General references

1 Corinthians 6:17

Ephesians 4:3

Bible References

The glory

For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].

“If the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

Then Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you [as My representatives].”

And He called the twelve [disciples] and began to send them out [as His special messengers] two by two, and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak in new tongues;

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

So they left the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy [dignified by indignity] to suffer shame for [the sake of] His name.

Still, on some points I have written to you very boldly and without reservation to remind you [about them] again, because of the grace that was given to me from God,

And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 3:3 : Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15, 16; Jer 31:33 2 Corinthians 3:6 : Jer 31:31 2 Corinthians 3:7 : Ex 34:29-35 2 Corinthians 3:17 : Is 61:1, 2 end of crossrefs

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.

Working together with Him, we strongly urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain [by turning away from sound doctrine and His merciful kindness].

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone,

For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake, not only to believe and confidently trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf. And with my own body I supplement whatever is lacking [on our part] of Christ’s afflictions, on behalf of His body, which is the church.

This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God [a sign of His fair verdict], so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).

General references

But the one who is united and joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

Make every effort to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the bond of peace [each individual working together to make the whole successful].