M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Jesus Prays: Father, Glorify Your Son

17 Jesus spoke these things, and having lifted-up His eyes to heaven, said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You— ² just as You gave Him authority over all flesh in order that as to all that^[a] You have given Him, He may give eternal life to them. ³ And this is eternal life: that they may be knowing You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You sent-forth. ⁴ I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given to Me that I should do. ⁵ And now Father, You glorify Me with Yourself with the glory which I was having with You before the world was.

I Have Revealed Your Name To The Men You Gave Me. Keep Them In Your Name

⁶ “I revealed Your name to the men whom You gave to Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word. ⁷ They have now come-to-know that all^[b] things that You have given to Me are from You— ⁸ because I have given them the words which You gave to Me, and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from You, and believed that You sent Me forth. ⁹ I am praying^[c] for them. I am not praying for the world, but for the ones whom You have given to Me— because they are Yours; ¹⁰ indeed all^[d] My things are Yours, and Yours, Mine^[e]. And I have been glorified in them. ¹¹ And I am^[f] no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep^[g] them in^[h] Your name which You have given to Me, in order that they may be one, just as We are. ¹² When I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given to Me. And I guarded them, and none of them perished— except the son of ^[i] destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to You. And I am speaking these things in the world so that they may have My joy made-full in themselves.

I Have Given Them Your Word. Set Them Apart In The Truth, Which Is Your Word

¹⁴ “I have given them Your word, and the world hated them— because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I am not praying that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the^[j] evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world— ¹⁷ set them apart^[k] in^[l] 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^[m] they may all be^[n] one^[o]— just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, that^[p] 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^[q] 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^[r] 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.

Father, I Made You Known To Them In Order That Your Love May Be In Them

²⁵ “Righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You— but I knew You. And these ones knew that You sent Me forth. ²⁶ And I made Your name known to them, and will make it known, in order that the love with which You loved Me may be in^[s] them, and I may be in them”.

1 Paul^[a] and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus being in Philippi, together-with the overseers^[b] and deacons^[c]: ² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I Thank God For Your Partnership With Me In The Gospel

³ I am giving-thanks to my God upon every remembrance of you, ⁴ always in my every petition for you all making the petition with joy ⁵ on-the-basis-of your partnership^[d] for the good-news from the first day until the present, ⁶ being confident-of this very thing: that the One having begun a good work in you will perfect^[e] it until the day of Christ— ⁷ just as it is right for me to think this about you all because of my having you^[f] in my heart, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation^[g] of the good-news, you all being my co-partners^[h] of grace. ⁸ For God is my witness how I am yearning-for you all with the deep-feelings^[i] of Christ Jesus.

May Your Love Abound Still More In Knowledge Leading To Holiness

⁹ And I am praying this: that your love may be abounding still more and more in knowledge and all perception^{[j] 10} so that you may be approving the things mattering^[k], in-order-that^[l] you might be pure and blameless^[m] for^[n] the day of Christ, ¹¹ having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Things Are Turning Out For The Good of The Gospel

¹² Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things concerning me have come rather for the advancement of the good-news—

The Brothers Are More Fearlessly Speaking The Word

¹³ ... so that my imprisonment in^[o] Christ became visible^[p] in the whole Praetorium^[q] and to all the rest, ¹⁴ and so that the majority of the brothers, being confident^[r] in the Lord because-of my imprisonment, are more daring to fearlessly speak the word.

Whatever Their Motives, Christ Is Being Proclaimed

¹⁵ Some indeed speak because of envy and strife, but some also are proclaiming Christ because of good-will. ¹⁶ The ones speak out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the good-news; ¹⁷ but the others are proclaiming Christ out of selfish-interest, not purely, supposing to raise trouble in my imprisonment. ¹⁸ What indeed does it matter except that^[s] in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed!

Christ Will Be Magnified In Me, Whether I Live or Die

And I am rejoicing in this. But I also will rejoice, ¹⁹ for I know that this will turn-out for me for deliverance through your prayer and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ in-accordance-with my eager-expectation and hope that I will in no way be put-to-shame, but that with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death— ²¹ for to me, the living is Christ, and the dying^[t] is gain.

Death Would Be Much Better For Me, But I Know I Will Continue To Live For Your Sake

²² Now if it is the living in the flesh, this for me means fruit from work. And I do not know^[u] what I shall choose, ²³ but am gripped^[v] by the two— having the desire that I might depart and be with Christ, for that is better by much more, ²⁴ but the remaining in the flesh is more-necessary for your sake. ²⁵ And being confident-of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your advancement and joy of faith, ²⁶ in order that your boast may be abounding in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again with you.

But Conduct Yourselves Worthily of The Gospel, And Don’t Be Frightened

²⁷ Only be conducting-yourselves^[w] worthily of the good-news of Christ in order that whether having come and seen you or being absent, I may be hearing-of the things concerning you— that you are standing-firm in one spirit, contending-together with one soul for the faith of the good-news, ²⁸ and not being frightened^[x] in any way by the ones opposing you— which is a sign^[y] of destruction for them, but of your salvation, and this from God.

God Has Granted That We Should Both Believe In Christ And Suffer For Him

²⁹ Because to you was granted the thing^[z] for Christ’s sake— not only the believing in Him, but also the suffering for His sake, ³⁰ having the same struggle^[aa] such as you saw in me and now are hearing to be in me.