The High Priestly Prayer - {Interlinear <Greek>}
17:20 - “I → do → not {οὐ <ou>} ask {ἐρωτῶ <erōtaō>} for {περὶ <peri>} these {τούτων <houtos>} • {δὲ <de>} only, {μόνον <monos>} but {ἀλλὰ <alla>} also {καὶ <kai>} for {περὶ <peri>} those who {τῶν <ho>} will → believe {πιστευόντων <pisteuō>} in {εἰς <eis>} me {ἐμέ· <egō>} through {διὰ <dia>} their {αὐτῶν <autos>} word, {τοῦ λόγου <ho logos>}
17:21 - that {ἵνα <hina>} they → may → all {πάντες <pas>} be {ὦσιν <eimi>} one, {ἓν <heis>} just as {καθὼς <kathōs>} you, {σύ, <sy>} Father, {πάτερ, <patēr>} are • in {ἐν <en>} me, {ἐμοὶ <egō>} and I {κἀγὼ <kagō>} in {ἐν <en>} you, {σοί, <sy>} that {ἵνα <hina>} they {αὐτοὶ <autos>} also {καὶ <kai>} may → be {ὦσιν· <eimi>} in {ἐν <en>} us, {ἡμῖν <egō>} so that {ἵνα <hina>} the {ὁ <ho>} world {κόσμος <kosmos>} may → believe {πιστεύῃ <pisteuō>} that {ὅτι <hoti>} you {σύ <sy>} have → sent {ἀπέστειλας. <apostellō>} me. {με <egō>}
17:22 - The {τὴν <ho>} glory {δόξαν <doxa>} that {ἣν <hos>} you → have → given {δέδωκάς <didōmi>} me {μοι <egō>} I {κἀγὼ <kagō>} have → given {δέδωκα <didōmi>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς, <autos>} that {ἵνα <hina>} they → may → be {ὦσιν <eimi>} one {ἓν <heis>} even as {καθὼς <kathōs>} we {ἡμεῖς <egō>} are • one, {ἕν· <heis>}
17:23 - I {ἐγὼ <egō>} in {ἐν <en>} them {αὐτοῖς <autos>} and {καὶ <kai>} you {σὺ <sy>} in {ἐν <en>} me, {ἐμοί, <egō>} that {ἵνα <hina>} they → may → become {ὦσιν <eimi>} perfectly {τετελειωμένοι <teleioō>} • {εἰς <eis>} one, {ἕν, <heis>} so that {ἵνα <hina>} the {ὁ <ho>} world {κόσμος <kosmos>} may → know {γινώσκῃ <ginōskō>} that {ὅτι <hoti>} you {σύ <sy>} sent {ἀπέστειλας <apostellō>} me {με <egō>} and {καὶ <kai>} loved {ἠγάπησας <agapaō>} them {αὐτοὺς <autos>} even as {καθὼς <kathōs>} you → loved {ἠγάπησας. <agapaō>} me. {ἐμὲ <egō>}
17:24 - Father, {Πάτερ, <patēr>} I → desire {θέλω <thelō>} that {ἵνα <hina>} they also, {κἀκεῖνοι <kakeinos>} whom {ὃ <hos>} you → have → given {δέδωκάς <didōmi>} me, {μοι <egō>} may → be {ὦσιν <eimi>} with {μετ᾽ <meta>} me {ἐμοῦ, <egō>} where {ὅπου <hopou>} I {ἐγὼ <egō>} am, {εἰμὶ <eimi>} to {ἵνα <hina>} see {θεωρῶσιν <theōreō>} my {τὴν ἐμὴν <ho emos>} glory {τὴν δόξαν <ho doxa>} that {ἣν <hos>} you → have → given {ἔδωκάς <didōmi>} me {μοι, <egō>} because {ὅτι <hoti>} you → loved {ἠγάπησάς <agapaō>} me {με <egō>} before {πρὸ <pro>} the → foundation {καταβολῆς <katabolē>} of → the → world. {κόσμου. <kosmos>}
17:25 - O → righteous {δίκαιε, <dikaios>} Father, {πάτερ <patēr>} even though {καὶ <kai>} the {ὁ <ho>} world {κόσμος <kosmos>} does → not {οὐκ <ou>} know {ἔγνω, <ginōskō>} you, {σε <sy>} I {ἐγὼ <egō>} • {δέ <de>} know {ἔγνων, <ginōskō>} you, {σε <sy>} and {καὶ <kai>} these {οὗτοι <houtos>} know {ἔγνωσαν <ginōskō>} that {ὅτι <hoti>} you {σύ <sy>} have → sent {ἀπέστειλας· <apostellō>} me. {με <egō>}
17:26 - • {καὶ <kai>} I → made → known {ἐγνώρισα <gnōrizō>} to → them {αὐτοῖς <autos>} your {σου <sy>} name, {τὸ ὄνομά <ho onoma>} and {καὶ <kai>} I → will → continue → to → make → it • known, {γνωρίσω, <gnōrizō>} that {ἵνα <hina>} the {ἡ <ho>} love {ἀγάπη <agapē>} with • which {ἣν <hos>} you → have → loved {ἠγάπησάς <agapaō>} me {με <egō>} may → be {ᾖ <eimi>} in {ἐν <en>} them, {αὐτοῖς <autos>} and I {κἀγὼ <kagō>} in {ἐν <en>} them.” {αὐτοῖς. <autos>}
Jesus expands his prayer to include those who will—not might, but will—believe in him. The “Great Commission” isn’t our job to get done, but God’s promise to fulfill. We are privileged to live as characters in God’s story of redemption and also as proclaimers of that story; but we must never forget, it is God’s story.
Jesus prays for the unity, not the uniformity, of his believers. God is praised, and the world takes notice, when Christians demonstrate a Spirit-given unity—a unity we must be eager to maintain (Eph. 4:1–3). Our fallen instincts encourage us to build our identity on what distinguishes us even from other believers, but Jesus exposes the self-centeredness of such a mind-set. Our union with Christ brings a unity in Christ that transcends all secondary disagreements.
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