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That they may be perfected into one (hina ōsin teteleiōmenoi eis hen). Purpose clause again with hina (nineteen times in this prayer, this the fifteenth) with the periphrastic perfect passive subjunctive of teleioō (Joh 17:4), permanent state, with eis hen (into one) as the goal and final result.
That the world may know (hina ginōskēi). Present active subjunctive of ginōskō with hina like the present tense of pisteuō in Joh 17:21, “that the world may keep on knowing” with the same pregnant phrase “that thou me didst send” (hoti su me apesteilas) as in Joh 17:8, Joh 17:25.
And lovedst them (kai ēgapēsas autous). Timeless aorist, but love shown by sending Christ (Joh 3:16) and illustrated and proven by the way Christians love one another.