Rather, on his last night with them, he fervently prayed: “I make request, not concerning these only, but also concerning those putting faith in me through their word; in order that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me forth. ”
در تعلیمات عیسی جایی برای اختلافات عقیدتی وجود نداشت و هرگز به شاگردانش اجازه نداد تا حقایق الٰهی را به اقتضای فرهنگ یا آیین و مذهب سنتی کسانی که به آن‌ها وعظ می‌کردند تغییر دهند و اصلاح کنند .‏