John 17:22

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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 we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.

Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth."

And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits,

And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues,

I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

Still, by way of refreshing your memory, I have written you with a certain freedom, in virtue of my divine commission

But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another ??for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

So I am an envoy for Christ, God appealing by me, as it were ??be reconciled to God, I entreat you on behalf of Christ.

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

you are a building that rests on the apostles and prophets as its foundation, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone;

For on behalf of Christ you have the favour of suffering no less than of believing in him,

I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;

They are proof positive of God's equity; you are suffering for the realm of God, and he means to make you worthy of it ??6 since God considers it but just to repay with trouble those who trouble you,

And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

General references

while he who joins himself to the Lord is one with him in spirit.

to preserve the unity of the Spirit by binding peace upon yourselves.