John 17:11-16

Expanded Bible

¹¹ I am coming to you; I will not stay in the world any longer. But they are still in the world. Holy Father, ·keep them safe by the power of [or keep them loyal to] your name, the name you gave me, so that they will be one, just as you and I are one. ¹² While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of [or kept them loyal to] your name, the name you gave me. I ·protected [guarded] them, and only one of them, the ·one worthy of destruction [^Lson of destruction/perdition; ^CJudas], was lost so that the Scripture would ·come true [^Lbe fulfilled; Ps. 41:9].

¹³ “I am coming to you now. But I ·pray [^Lsay] these things while I am still in the world so that ·these followers [these disciples; ^Lthey] can have all of my joy [ ^Lmade complete; fulfilled] in them. ¹⁴ I have given them your ·teaching [word]. And the world has hated them, because they don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world. ¹⁵ I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to ·keep them safe [protect them] from the ·Evil One [or evil; ^Cthe Evil One is the Devil]. ¹⁶ They don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.