⁹ I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours.^(A)

²⁴ For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.^(A)

² since you have given him authority over all people,^[a] to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.^(A)

⁶ “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.^(A)

²⁰ “I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

³² but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail, and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”^(A)

¹⁹ We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.^(A)

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,^[a] to be with you forever.^(A)

Christ Our Advocate

2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,^{(A) 2} and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.^(B)

¹⁵ and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.