John 17:16-24
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world— 17 set them apart[a] in[b] the truth. Your word is truth. 18 Just as You sent Me forth into the world, I also sent them forth into the world. 19 And I am setting apart Myself for them, in order that they may also be set apart in truth.
May These And The Ones Believing Through Them All Be One
20 “And I am not praying for these ones only, but also for the ones believing in Me through their word, 21 that[c] they may all be[d] one[e]— just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, that[f] they also may be in Us— in order that the world may be believing that You sent Me forth. 22 And I have given them the glory[g] which You have given to Me in order that they may be one just as We are one, 23 I in them and You in Me; in order that they may be perfected into one— in order that the world may be knowing that You sent Me forth, and loved them just as You loved Me.
Father, I Want Them To Be With Me And See The Glory You Have Given Me
24 “Father, as to what[h] You have given to Me, I desire that those ones also may be with Me where I am, in order that they may be seeing My glory which You have given to Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
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- John 17:17 That is, make them holy; or, set them apart for service, for the mission on which I sent them, v 18.
- John 17:17 That is, in the sphere of; or, by means of.
- John 17:21 This gives the content of this prayer, that they may all be one. Or, in order that, giving the purpose of it. I do not pray ‘Keep them’ and ‘Set them apart’ for them alone, but for all, in order that they may all be one.
- John 17:21 That is, be continuing to be; or, keep on being; not ‘get to be’.
- John 17:21 That is, one with Us (as defined by what follows, and equivalent to ‘may all abide in Us and Us in them’); or, one with each other (linking it to the command to love one another).
- John 17:21 Or, in order that.
- John 17:22 That is, the glory of Your name and word revealed through Me; or, the glory of My working through them, 14:13-14; or, the glory of humbly taking up their cross and serving You as I did; or, the glory of I in them (v 23), of the divine nature indwelling them (2 Pet 1:4).
- John 17:24 This views the totality of believers as an abstract whole.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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