John 17:11-19

The Voice

¹¹ I will no longer be physically present in this world, but they will remain in this world. As I return to be with You, holy Father, remain with them through Your name, the name You have given Me. May they be one even as We are one. ¹² While I was physically present with them, I protected them through Your name. I watched over them closely; and only one was lost, the one the Scriptures said was the son of destruction. ¹³ Now I am returning to You. I am speaking this prayer here in the created cosmos alongside friends and foes so that in hearing it they might be consumed with joy. ¹⁴ I have given them Your word; and the world has despised them because they are not products of the world, in the same way that I am not a product of the corrupt world order. ¹⁵ Do not take them out of this world; protect them from the evil one.

¹⁶ Like Me, they are not products of the corrupt world order. ¹⁷ Immerse them in the truth, the truth Your voice speaks. ¹⁸ In the same way You sent Me into this world, I am sending them. ¹⁹ It is entirely for their benefit that I have set Myself apart so that they may be set apart by truth.