John 17:23

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

I in them and thou in me that they maye be made perfecte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν· καὶ ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας, καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτούς, καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας.

Transliteration

Egō in them, and you in me, that they ōsin teteleiōmenoi into one; and that ginōskē the kosmos that you me apesteilas, and ēgapēsas them, kathōs me ēgapēsas.

Grammar Details

• *Egō*: nominative, singular, personal pronoun - I
• *ōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may be
• *teteleiōmenoi*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been perfected
• *ginōskē*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - it may know
• *kosmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - world
• *apesteilas*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you sent
• *ēgapēsas*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you loved
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as

Word Meanings

• *Egō*: I/myself
• *ōsin*: may be/might become
• *teteleiōmenoi*: having been perfected/completed/made complete
• *ginōskē*: may know/understand/recognize
• *kosmos*: world/universe/ordered system
• *apesteilas*: sent/commissioned/dispatched
• *ēgapēsas*: loved/cherished/showed love to
• *kathōs*: just as/even as/in the same way

Referenced Verses

• John 17:21 : 21 that they all maye be one as thou father arte in me and I in the that they maye be also one in vs that the worlde maye beleve that thou hast sent me.
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 Beholde what love the father hath shewed on vs that we shuld be called the sonnes of god. For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him.
• John 16:27 : 27 For ye father him selfe loveth you because ye have loved me and have beleved that I came out from God.
• Col 3:14 : 14 Above all these thinges put on love which is the bonde of parfectnes.
• John 17:26 : 26 And I have declared vnto them thy name and will declare it that the love wher wt thou hast loved me be in them and that I be in them.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father I will that they which thou hast geven me be with me where I am that they maye se my glory which thou hast geven me. For thou lovedest me before the makynge of the worlde.
• John 13:35 : 35 By this shall all me knowe yt ye are my disciples yf ye shall have love one to another.
• John 14:10 : 10 Belevest thou not that I am in ye father and the father in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you I speakee not of my selfe: but ye father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth ye workes.
• John 14:23 : 23 Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: yf a man love me and wyll kepe my sayinges my father also will love him and we will come vnto him and will dwelle with him.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 The God of all grace which called you vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus shall his awne silfe after ye have soffred a lytell affliccio make you perfect: shall settle strenght and stablishe you.
• 1 John 1:3 : 3 That which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that ye maye have felloushippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christ.
• 1 John 4:12-16 : 12 No man hath sene god at enytyme. Yf we love one another god dwelleth in vs and his love is parfect in vs. 13 Herby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs: because he hath geven vs of his sprete. 14 And we have sene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne which is the saveour of the worlde. 15 Whosoever confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of god in him dwelleth god and he in god. 16 And we have knowen and beleved the love that god hath to vs. God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god and god in him.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 for he hath made him to be synne for vs which knewe no synne that we by his meanes shuld be that rightewesnes which before God is aloved.
• Gal 3:28 : 28 Now is ther no Iewe nether getyle: ther is nether bonde ner fre: ther is nether man ner woman: but ye are all one thinge in Christ Iesu.
• Eph 1:6-9 : 6 to ye prayse of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved. 7 By whom we have redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgevenes of synnes accordynge to the riches of his grace 8 which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdome and perceavaunce. 9 And hath openned vnto vs the mistery of his will accordinge to his pleasure and purposed the same in hym silfe 10 to have it declared when the tyme were full come yt all thynges bothe ye thynges which are in heven and also the thynges which are in erthe shuld be gaddered togedder even in Christ: 11 that is to saye in him in whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of him which worketh all thinges after the purpose of his awne will: 12 that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory. 13 In whom also ye (after that ye hearde the worde of trueth I meane the gospell of youre saluacio wherin ye beleved) were sealed with the holy sprete of promes 14 which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to redeme the purchased possession and that vnto the laude of his glory.
• Phil 3:15 : 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse minded: and yf ye be other wyse mynded I praye God open even this vnto you.
• Col 1:28 : 28 whom we preach warnynge all men and teachinge all men in all wisdome to make all men parfect in Christ Iesu.
• Col 2:2 : 2 that their hertes myght be coforted and knet togedder in love and in all ryches of full vnderstondynge for to knowe ye mistery of God ye father and of Christ
• Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed bodyly 10 and ye are complete in him which is the heed of all rule and power
• John 3:17 : 17 For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condepne the worlde: but that the worlde through him might be saved.
• John 6:56 : 56 He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloude dwelleth in me and I in him.
• Rom 8:10-11 : 10 Yf Christ be in you the body is deed because of synne: but the sprite is lyfe for rightewesnes sake. 11 Wherfore if the sprite of him that raysed vppe Iesus fro deeth dwell in you: even he that raysed vp Christ from deeth shall quycken youre mortall bodyes because that this sprite dwelleth in you.
• Eph 4:12-16 : 12 yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ 13 tyll we every one (in the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of god) growe vp vnto a parfayte man after ye measure of age of the fulnes of Christ. 14 That we hence forth be no moare chyldren wauerynge and caryed with every wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men and craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceave vs. 15 But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in him which is the heed that ys to saye Christ 16 in whom all the body ys coupled and knet togedder in every ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another (accordinge to the operacion as every parte hath his measure) and increaseth the body vnto the edyfyinge of it silfe in love.
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him for he loved vs fyrst.