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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the glory which thou gavest me,.... Not the glory of his deity; this is the same with his Father, what he has in right of nature, and not by gift; nor can it be communicated to creatures; this would be to make them one in the Godhead, as the three are one, which is not the design of the expression in the close of the verse: nor his mediatorial...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, — Do you understand this wonderful union? Jesus Christ in you: “I in them,” and then the Father in Christ: “and thou in me,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, and thou hast loved me. What a glorious assurance is that! It amazes us to know that the Father has loved us even as he loved his Son.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the glory which thou givest me I have given them; that they maybe one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; — That is the real secret of the saints’ unity: “I in them,” together with the everlasting union of Christ Jesus with the Father: “and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Surely the passage seems to culminate here. These words rise like the peak of a mighty Alp...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and them in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. This is a wonderful expression, where will you find anything like it! It is indeed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; Christ is the incarnation of God, and the Church should be the incarnation of Christ. Oh, when shall this great prayer be answered?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I in them,.... Christ is in his saints; not as he is in all the world, being the omnipresent God; or as he is in every man, communicating the light of nature as Creator; or as he is in the human nature, which is united to his divine person; or circumscriptively to the exclusion of him elsewhere; for he is in heaven, his blood is within the veil,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. Wonderful words! How shall we dive into their depths? To think that the Father should have loved us even as he loved his only-begotten Son; oh, the heights and depths of this wondrous love!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me, This is a wonderful truth, — that the Father loves the Church even as he loves Jesus Christ his Son. When shall the world ever know this till the unity of the Church is more clearly seen?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me This is a great deep, the words are very simple and clear, but their meaning is unfathomable. Is it really true that the Father has loved his chosen ones as he has loved his only-begotten Son? It is such a wondrous thing that one might be willing to lie...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Now drink that in — all the sweetness of it — that the Father has loved his people even as he loved his Only-begotten.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for those lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me,.... Not all the world, but a select number; not apostles only, nor as such; nor believers, or as such, for as such they were not given to Christ; nor as considered in the effectual calling; but as the elect of God, and by that eternal act of his grace; when they were given to Christ as his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. You notice the division that there is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world. This is Christ’s last will and testament: “Father, I will.” It is not merely his prayer, but he makes this as one clause in his will, that all whom the Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Father, I will that they also, whom thou had given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Some foolish folk talk about the saints being put away for a while into some purgatorial “limbo” in order that they may be made ready for heaven but Christ...