John 17:6-19

Expanded Bible

⁶ “I ·showed what you are like [^Lrevealed your name; ^CGod’s reputation/character] to ·those [^Lthe people] you gave me from the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have ·obeyed your teaching [^Lkept your word]. ⁷ Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you. ⁸ [^LBecause] I gave them the ·teachings [words; utterances] you gave me, and they ·accepted [received] them. They knew that I truly came from you, and they believed that you sent me. ⁹ I am ·praying for them [asking on their behalf]. I am not ·praying for [asking on behalf of] people in the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours. ¹⁰ ·All I have is yours, and all you have is mine [^LAll mine are yours and all yours are mine]. And ·my glory is shown [I am glorified] through them. 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. ¹⁷ ·Make them ready for your service [Sanctify them; Consecrate them; ^Csetting them apart for service] through your truth; your ·teaching [word] is truth. ¹⁸ I have sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world. ¹⁹ For their sake, I am ·making myself ready to serve [sanctifying/consecrating myself] so that they can be ·ready for their service of [sanctified/consecrated by] the truth.