Prayer for All Believers
Jesus prays not only for the disciples but also for those who will believe through their message. He asks that they all be one in the Father and the Son, so the world may believe that the Father sent him.
I20 am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Jesus says he has given them the glory the Father gave him so they may be one. He describes this oneness as perfection that would show the world the Father’s sending and love.
22I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one — 23I in them and You in Me — that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
Jesus wants those given to him to be with him where he is and to see his glory, the glory given to him because the Father loved him before the foundation of the world. He addresses the Father as righteous, noting that the world has not known him while he has.
24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Jesus has made the Father’s name known and will continue to make it known, so the Father’s love may be in them and Jesus himself in them.
26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”