17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

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17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.(A) 18 As you sent me into the world,(B) I have sent them into the world.(C) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(D)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(E) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(F) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with