THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME / JOHN 17:22-23

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(KJV) John 17:22-23

The Ultimate Bond: Understanding the Glory of Unity in John 17:22–23

In His final hours before the cross, Jesus prayed a deeply intimate prayer for His disciples and for every believer who would come after them. In John 17:22–23, He reveals a profound secret about the true nature of Christian community:

“I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”

These verses challenge our conventional understanding of “glory.” In a world that equates glory with fame, power, and self-exaltation, Jesus flips the script completely.

What is the Glory of Christ?

Christ’s glory was revealed through His life of self-denying service and His ultimate sacrifice on the cross. It was not a glory of earthly crowns, but of a basin and a towel, washing the feet of His disciples. It was a glory that chose the agony of Calvary to rescue us from slavery to sin and restore our broken relationship with God.

The Path to True Unity

For followers of Christ, our shared “glory” does not come from organizational success or personal accolades. Instead, it mirrors the life of our Savior:

• Humble Service: Laying down our preferences to lift others up.
• Identifying with Suffering: Embracing the costs of discipleship and self-denial (Luke 9:23).
• Personal Sacrifice: Willingly giving up our rights for the spiritual health of the body of Christ.

When we walk this path of humility, genuine unity naturally follows. This complete, supernatural oneness becomes our greatest testimony. It is the undeniable proof that shows a fractured world that Jesus is real, sent by a Father who loves them beyond measure.

Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the profound gift of Your love and the glory You have shared with us through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Forgive us for the times we have sought our own recognition instead of pursuing the humble, self-denying path of the cross.

We pray for complete unity within the body of Christ. Strip away our pride, our selfishness, and our desire for control. Teach us how to serve one another with genuine humility and to find our true glory in identifying with Christ’s suffering and service.

May our oneness be a brilliant light in a divided world, so that others may see our love and know that You sent Jesus to rescue them. Fix our eyes on the ultimate prize of eternity with You.

In the holy and unified name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.

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1. THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE / JOHN 17:21
2. I SANCTIFY MYSELF / JOHN 17:19
3. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
4. THEY HAVE OBEYED YOUR WORD / JOHN 17:6
5. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
6. JESUS’ PRAYER JOHN 17:1
7. THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVES YOU / JOHN 16:27
8. WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 16:23
9. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
10. HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH / JOHN 16:13
11. CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8
12. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
13. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
14. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
15. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
16. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
17. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
18. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
19. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
20. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
21. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
22. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
23. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
24. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
25. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
26. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
27. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
28. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
29. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
30. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
31. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
32. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
33. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
34. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
35. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
36. PIECE OF BREAD / JOHN 13:26
37. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
38. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
39. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
40. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET / JOHN 13:5
41. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 12:50
42. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
43. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
44. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
45. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
46. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
47. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
48. SON OF MAN GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
49. SHOUTING HOSANNA / JOHN 12:13
50. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY / JOHN 12:12
51. MARY POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
52. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:51-52
53. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
54. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
55. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
56. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
57. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
58. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
59. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
60. SICKNESS FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
61. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
62. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
63. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
64. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
65. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
66. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
67. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
68. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
69. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
70. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
71. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
72. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
73. WILL NEVER SEE DEATH / JOHN 8:51
74. HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
75. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
76. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
77. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
78. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
79. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
80. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
81. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
82. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
83. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
84. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
85. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
86. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
87. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
88. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
89. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
90. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
91. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
92. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
93. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
94. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
95. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
96. DON’T BE AFRAID / JOHN 6:20
97. JESUS PRAYS ALONE / JOHN 6:15
98. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND /JOHN 6:7
99. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
100. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
101. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
102. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
103. YOU HAVE SENT JOHN / John 5:33
104. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
105. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
106. HEARS … BELIEVES / JOHN 5:24
107. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
108. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
109. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
110. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9-10
111. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
112. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
113. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
114. LOOK AT THE FIELDS / JOHN 4:35
115. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
116. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
117. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
118. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
119. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
120. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
121. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
122. GIVES THE SPIRIT WITHOUT LIMIT / JOHN 3:34
123. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
124. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD /JOHN 3:16
125. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
126. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
127. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
128. BORN AGAIN / JOHN 3:3
129. TEMPLE / JOHN 2:19
130. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
131. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
132. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
133. WINE – THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
134. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
135. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
136. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
137. THE TENTH HOUR /JOHN 1:39
138. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
139. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
140. PHARISEES / JOHN 1:24
141. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
142. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
143. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
144. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
145. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
146. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
147. HIS NAME WAS JOHN / JOHN 1:6
148. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS / JOHN 1:5
149. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
150. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
151. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
152. CREWS N AWAY: ANCHORED IN GRACE

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