Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they understand that all the things that[a] you have given me are from you, because the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they received them[b] and know truly that I have come from you, and they have believed that you have sent me. I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours, 10 and all my things are yours, and your things are mine, and I have been glorified in[c] them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are. 12 When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded them,[d] and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled. 13 And now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth—your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for them I sanctify myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:7 Literally “whatever”
  2. John 17:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 17:10 Or “by”; or “through”
  4. John 17:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

I have made your sy name onoma known phaneroō · ho to the ho men anthrōpos whom hos you gave didōmi me egō out ek of the ho world kosmos. They were eimi yours sos, and you gave didōmi them autos to me kagō, and kai they have kept tēreō · ho your sy word logos. Now nyn they have come to know ginōskō that hoti everything pas that hosos you have given didōmi me egō is eimi from para you sy; for hoti the ho words rhēma that hos you gave didōmi to me egō I have given didōmi to them autos, and kai they autos have received lambanō them, and kai come to know ginōskō in truth alēthōs that hoti I came forth exerchomai from para you sy, and kai they have believed pisteuō that hoti you sy sent apostellō me egō. I egō am praying erōtaō for peri them autos; I am erōtaō not ou praying erōtaō for peri the ho world kosmos, but alla for peri those whom hos you have given didōmi to me egō, for hoti they are eimi yours sy; 10 and kai all pas · ho mine emos are eimi yours sos, and kai · ho yours sos are mine emos, and kai I have been glorified doxazō in en them autos. 11 · kai I am eimi no ouketi longer in en the ho world kosmos, but kai they autos are eimi in en the ho world kosmos, and kagō I am on my way erchomai to pros you sy. Holy hagios Father patēr, keep tēreō them autos in en · ho your sy name onoma, the name that hos you have given didōmi me egō, so hina that they may be eimi one heis, just kathōs as we hēmeis are one. 12 While hote I was eimi with meta them autos, I egō protected tēreō them autos in en · ho your sy name onoma, which hos you have given didōmi me egō. · kai I guarded phylassō them, and kai not oudeis one of ek them autos has been lost apollymi except ei mē the ho son hyios of ho destruction apōleia, that hina the ho scripture graphē might be fulfilled plēroō. 13 But de now nyn I am on my way erchomai to pros you sy, and kai I am saying laleō these houtos things while still in en the ho world kosmos that hina they may have echō · ho my emos joy chara · ho made complete plēroō in en themselves heautou. 14 I egō have given didōmi them autos · ho your sy word logos, and kai the ho world kosmos has hated miseō them autos because hoti they do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos, just kathōs as I egō do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos. 15 I am not ou asking erōtaō that hina you take airō them autos out ek of the ho world kosmos, but alla that hina you protect tēreō them autos from ek the ho evil ponēros one . 16 They do eimi not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos, just kathōs as I egō do not ou belong eimi to ek the ho world kosmos. 17 Consecrate hagiazō them autos by en the ho truth alētheia; · ho your sos word logos · ho is eimi truth alētheia. 18 As kathōs you sent apostellō me egō into eis the ho world kosmos, I kagō also have sent apostellō them autos into eis the ho world kosmos. 19 And kai for hyper their autos sake I egō consecrate hagiazō myself emautou, that hina they autos also kai may be eimi consecrated hagiazō by en the truth alētheia.

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