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Jesus Prays for Himself, His Disciples, and His Future Followers

17 After Jesus had said this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you. For[a] you have given him authority over all humanity[b] so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him. And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent—Jesus the Messiah.[c] I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.

“So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed. I have made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they realize that everything you gave me comes from you, because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

“I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, because they are yours. 10 All that is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine, and I have been glorified through them. 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name[d] that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them by the authority[e] that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for[f] destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

13 “And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one. 16 They don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.

17 “Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth. 20 I ask not only on behalf of these men,[g] but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message, 21 so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one[h] in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

22 “I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one. 23 I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me. 24 Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me[i] may be in them and I myself may be in them.”

Footnotes

  1. John 17:2 Lit. Just as
  2. John 17:2 Lit. flesh
  3. John 17:3 Or Christ
  4. John 17:11 Lit. the one
  5. John 17:12 Lit. by your name
  6. John 17:12 Lit. the son of
  7. John 17:20 The Gk. lacks men
  8. John 17:21 Other mss. lack one
  9. John 17:26 Lit. the love with which you loved me

17 When Jesus Iēsous had finished saying laleō these houtos things , · kai he lifted epairō up · ho his autos eyes ophthalmos to eis · ho heaven ouranos and said legō, “ Father patēr, the ho hour hōra has come erchomai; glorify doxazō your sy · ho Son hyios so hina that your ho Son hyios may glorify doxazō you sy, since kathōs you have given didōmi him autos authority exousia over all pas flesh sarx, that hina he should give didōmi eternal aiōnios life zōē to autos all pas those hos you have given didōmi to him autos. And de this houtos is eimi · ho eternal aiōnios life zōē, that hina they know ginōskō you sy, the ho only monos true alēthinos God theos, and kai Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos whom hos you sent apostellō. I egō glorified doxazō you sy on epi · ho earth , having completed teleioō the ho task ergon that hos you gave didōmi me egō to hina do poieō; and kai now nyn, Father patēr, glorify doxazō me egō at para your side seautou with the ho glory doxa that hos I had echō with para you sy before pro · ho the ho world kosmos began eimi.

I have made your sy name onoma known phaneroō · ho to the ho men anthrōpos whom hos you gave didōmi me egō out ek of the ho world kosmos. They were eimi yours sos, and you gave didōmi them autos to me kagō, and kai they have kept tēreō · ho your sy word logos. Now nyn they have come to know ginōskō that hoti everything pas that hosos you have given didōmi me egō is eimi from para you sy; for hoti the ho words rhēma that hos you gave didōmi to me egō I have given didōmi to them autos, and kai they autos have received lambanō them, and kai come to know ginōskō in truth alēthōs that hoti I came forth exerchomai from para you sy, and kai they have believed pisteuō that hoti you sy sent apostellō me egō. I egō am praying erōtaō for peri them autos; I am erōtaō not ou praying erōtaō for peri the ho world kosmos, but alla for peri those whom hos you have given didōmi to me egō, for hoti they are eimi yours sy; 10 and kai all pas · ho mine emos are eimi yours sos, and kai · ho yours sos are mine emos, and kai I have been glorified doxazō in en them autos. 11 · kai I am eimi no ouketi longer in en the ho world kosmos, but kai they autos are eimi in en the ho world kosmos, and kagō I am on my way erchomai to pros you sy. Holy hagios Father patēr, keep tēreō them autos in en · ho your sy name onoma, the name that hos you have given didōmi me egō, so hina that they may be eimi one heis, just kathōs as we hēmeis are one. 12 While hote I was eimi with meta them autos, I egō protected tēreō them autos in en · ho your sy name onoma, which hos you have given didōmi me egō. · kai I guarded phylassō them, and kai not oudeis one of ek them autos has been lost apollymi except ei mē the ho son hyios of ho destruction apōleia, that hina the ho scripture graphē might be fulfilled plēroō. 13 But de now nyn I am on my way erchomai to pros you sy, and kai I am saying laleō these houtos things while still in en the ho world kosmos that hina they may have echō · ho my emos joy chara · ho made complete plēroō in en themselves heautou. 14 I egō have given didōmi them autos · ho your sy word logos, and kai the ho world kosmos has hated miseō them autos because hoti they do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos, just kathōs as I egō do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos. 15 I am not ou asking erōtaō that hina you take airō them autos out ek of the ho world kosmos, but alla that hina you protect tēreō them autos from ek the ho evil ponēros one . 16 They do eimi not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos, just kathōs as I egō do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos. 17 Consecrate hagiazō them autos by en the ho truth alētheia; · ho your sos word logos · ho is eimi truth alētheia. 18 As kathōs you sent apostellō me egō into eis the ho world kosmos, I kagō also have sent apostellō them autos into eis the ho world kosmos. 19 And kai for hyper their autos sake I egō consecrate hagiazō myself emautou, that hina they autos also kai may be eimi consecrated hagiazō by en the truth alētheia.

20 “It is not ou only monon for peri these houtos · de that I am interceding erōtaō, but alla also kai for peri those ho who will come to believe pisteuō in eis me egō through dia · ho their autos word logos, 21 that hina they may eimi all pas be eimi one heis, just kathōs as you sy, Father patēr, are in en me egō and kagō I am in en you sy, that hina they autos also kai may be eimi in en us hēmeis, so hina that the ho world kosmos may believe pisteuō that hoti you sy have sent apostellō me egō. 22 And kagō the ho glory doxa that hos you have given didōmi me egō I have given didōmi them autos, so hina that they may be eimi one heis just kathōs as we hēmeis are one heis, 23 I egō in en them autos and kai you sy in en me egō, that hina they may be eimi completely teleioō one heis, so hina that the ho world kosmos may know ginōskō that hoti you sy sent apostellō me egō, and kai that you love agapaō them autos even kathōs as you love agapaō me egō. 24 Father patēr, I desire thelō that hina those also kakeinos, whom hos you have given didōmi me egō, may be eimi with meta me egō where hopou I egō am eimi, so hina they may see theōreō · ho my emos glory doxa · ho that hos you have given didōmi me egō because hoti you loved agapaō me egō before pro the creation katabolē of the world kosmos. 25 Righteous dikaios Father patēr, although kai the ho world kosmos does ginōskō not ou know ginōskō you sy, I egō · de know ginōskō you sy, and kai these houtos men know ginōskō that hoti you sy sent apostellō me egō. 26 · kai I have made known gnōrizō to them autos · ho your sy name onoma, and kai I will continue to make it known gnōrizō, so hina that the ho love agapē with which hos you have loved agapaō me egō may be eimi in en them autos, and kagō I in en them autos.”