John 17
English Standard Version
The High Priestly Prayer
17 When Jesus had spoken these words, (A)he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, (B)the hour has come; (C)glorify your Son that the Son may (D)glorify you, 2 since (E)you have given him authority over all flesh, (F)to give eternal life to all (G)whom you have given him. 3 (H)And this is eternal life, (I)that they know you, (J)the only (K)true God, and (L)Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I (M)glorified you on earth, (N)having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, (O)glorify me in your own presence with the glory (P)that I had with you (Q)before the world existed.
6 (R)“I have manifested your name to the people (S)whom you gave me out of the world. (T)Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything (U)that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them (V)the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that (W)I came from you; and (X)they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. (Y)I am not praying for the world but for those (Z)whom you have given me, for (AA)they are yours. 10 (AB)All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and (AC)I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but (AD)they are in the world, and (AE)I am coming to you. (AF)Holy Father, (AG)keep them in your name, (AH)which you have given me, (AI)that they may be one, (AJ)even as we are one. 12 (AK)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have (AL)guarded them, and (AM)not one of them has been lost except (AN)the son of destruction, (AO)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now (AP)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have (AQ)my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 (AR)I have given them your word, and (AS)the world has hated them (AT)because they are not of the world, (AU)just as I am not of the world. 15 I (AV)do not ask that you (AW)take them out of the world, but that you (AX)keep them from (AY)the evil one.[a] 16 (AZ)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (BA)Sanctify them[b] in the truth; (BB)your word is truth. 18 (BC)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And (BD)for their sake (BE)I consecrate myself,[c] that they also (BF)may be sanctified[d] in truth.
20 “I do not (BG)ask for these only, but also for those (BH)who will believe in me through their word, 21 (BI)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that (BJ)they also may be in (BK)us, so that the world (BL)may believe that you have sent me. 22 (BM)The glory that you have given me (BN)I have given to them, (BO)that they may be one even as we are one, 23 (BP)I in them and you in me, (BQ)that they may become perfectly one, (BR)so that the world may know that you sent me and (BS)loved them even as (BT)you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be (BU)with me (BV)where I am, (BW)to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me (BX)before the foundation of the world. 25 (BY)O righteous Father, even though (BZ)the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 (CA)I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love (CB)with which you have loved me may be in them, and (CC)I in them.”
Footnotes
- John 17:15 Or from evil
- John 17:17 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God)
- John 17:19 Or I sanctify myself; or I set myself apart (for holy service to God)
- John 17:19 Greek may be set apart (for holy service to God)
John 17
New American Standard Bible
The High Priestly Prayer
17 Jesus spoke these things; and (A)raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; (B)glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, 2 just as (C)You gave Him authority over all [a]mankind, so that [b](D)to all whom You have given Him, (E)He may give eternal life. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, (F)the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom (G)You have sent. 4 (H)I glorified You on the earth [c](I)by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now You, Father, (J)glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had (K)with You before the world existed.
6 “(L)I have revealed Your name to the men whom (M)You gave Me out of the world; they were (N)Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have (O)followed Your word. 7 Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; 8 for (P)the words which You gave Me (Q)I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that (R)I came forth from You, and they believed that (S)You sent Me. 9 (T)I ask on their behalf; (U)I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom (V)You have given Me, because (W)they are Yours; 10 and (X)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet (Y)they themselves are in the world, and (Z)I am coming to You. (AA)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name (AB)which You have given Me, so that (AC)they may be one just as We are. 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, (AD)which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and (AE)not one of them perished except (AF)the [d]son of destruction, so that the (AG)Scripture would be fulfilled.
The Disciples in the World
13 But now (AH)I am coming to You; and (AI)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My (AJ)joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and (AK)the world has hated them because (AL)they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from [e](AM)the evil one. 16 (AN)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (AO)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 Just as (AP)You sent Me into the world, (AQ)I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I (AR)sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be (AS)sanctified (AT)in truth.
20 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, 21 that they may all be one; (AU)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, (AV)so that the world may [f]believe that (AW)You sent Me.
Disciples’ Future Glory
22 The (AX)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 (AY)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected [g]in unity, so that the world may [h]know that (AZ)You sent Me, and You (BA)loved them, just as You loved Me. 24 Father, I desire that (BB)they also, whom You have given Me, (BC)be with Me where I am, so that they may see My (BD)glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before (BE)the foundation of the world.
25 “(BF)Righteous Father, [i]although (BG)the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that (BH)You sent Me; 26 and (BI)I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that (BJ)the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Footnotes
- John 17:2 Lit flesh
- John 17:2 Lit everything that You have given Him, to them He may
- John 17:4 Or having accomplished
- John 17:12 Heb idiom for one destined to perish
- John 17:15 Or evil
- John 17:21 Gr tense indicates continually believe
- John 17:23 Lit into one
- John 17:23 Gr tense indicates continually know
- John 17:25 Lit even the world
Giovanni 17
Nuova Riveduta 2006
La preghiera sacerdotale
17 (A)Gesù disse queste cose; poi, alzati gli occhi al cielo, disse[a]: «Padre, l’ora è venuta; glorifica tuo Figlio, affinché il Figlio glorifichi te, 2 poiché gli hai dato autorità su ogni carne, perché egli dia vita eterna a tutti quelli che tu gli hai dati. 3 Questa è la vita eterna: che conoscano te, il solo vero Dio, e colui che tu hai mandato, Gesù Cristo. 4 Io ti ho glorificato sulla terra, avendo compiuto l’opera che tu mi hai data da fare. 5 Ora, o Padre, glorificami tu presso di te della gloria che avevo presso di te prima che il mondo esistesse.
6 Io ho manifestato il tuo nome agli uomini che tu mi hai dati dal mondo; erano tuoi e tu me li hai dati; ed essi hanno osservato la tua parola. 7 Ora hanno conosciuto che tutte le cose che mi hai date vengono da te; 8 poiché le parole che tu mi hai date le ho date a loro; ed essi le hanno ricevute e hanno veramente conosciuto che io sono proceduto da te, e hanno creduto che tu mi hai mandato. 9 Io prego per loro; non prego per il mondo, ma per quelli che tu mi hai dati, perché sono tuoi. 10 E tutte le cose mie sono tue, e le cose tue sono mie; e io sono glorificato in loro. 11 Io non sono più nel mondo, ma essi sono nel mondo, e io vengo a te. Padre santo, conservali nel tuo nome, quelli che tu mi hai dati[b], affinché siano uno, come noi. 12 Mentre io ero con loro [nel mondo], io li conservavo nel tuo nome; quelli che tu mi hai dati, li ho anche custoditi[c], e nessuno di loro è perito, tranne il figlio di perdizione, affinché la Scrittura fosse adempiuta. 13 Ma ora io vengo a te; e dico queste cose nel mondo, affinché abbiano compiuta in se stessi la mia gioia. 14 Io ho dato loro la tua parola; e il mondo li ha odiati, perché non sono del mondo, come io non sono del mondo. 15 Non prego che tu li tolga dal mondo, ma che tu li preservi dal maligno. 16 Essi non sono del mondo, come io non sono del mondo. 17 Santificali nella [tua] verità: la tua parola è verità. 18 Come tu hai mandato me nel mondo, anch’io ho mandato loro nel mondo. 19 Per loro io santifico me stesso, affinché anch’essi siano santificati nella verità.
20 Non prego soltanto per questi, ma anche per quelli che credono[d] in me per mezzo della loro parola: 21 che siano tutti uno; e come tu, o Padre, sei in me e io sono in te, anch’essi siano [uno] in noi, affinché il mondo creda che tu mi hai mandato. 22 Io ho dato loro la gloria che tu hai data a me, affinché siano uno, come noi siamo uno; 23 io in loro e tu in me, affinché siano perfetti nell’unità e affinché il mondo conosca che tu mi hai mandato, e che li hai amati come hai amato me. 24 Padre, io voglio che dove sono io, siano con me anche quelli che tu mi hai dati, affinché vedano la mia gloria che tu mi hai data; poiché mi hai amato prima della fondazione del mondo. 25 Padre giusto, il mondo non ti ha conosciuto, ma io ti ho conosciuto; e questi hanno conosciuto che tu mi hai mandato. 26 E io ho fatto loro conoscere il tuo nome, e lo farò conoscere, affinché l’amore del quale tu mi hai amato sia in loro, e io in loro».
Footnotes
- Giovanni 17:1 TR e M poi alzò gli occhi… e disse.
- Giovanni 17:11 Così TR; NA e M conservali nel tuo nome il quale tu mi hai dato.
- Giovanni 17:12 Così TR e M; NA li conservavo nel tuo nome il quale tu mi hai dato. Li ho custoditi e nessuno…
- Giovanni 17:20 TR crederanno.
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