Popular Bible Verses from JHN 17

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Sanctify them by the truth—that is, set them apart and make them holy through the truth. Your word is truth and reality.

Now this is eternal life in its essence, that they may know You intimately, the Only true God in existence, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent as the Messiah.

I am not praying on behalf of these disciples only, but also on behalf of those who believe in Me through their word and testimony, future generations of believers. I pray that they all may be one in spiritual unity, just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You in perfect union, that they also may be in Us in fellowship, in order that the world may believe that You sent Me when they see this unity.

I do not pray that You take them out of the world by removing them, but that You keep them from the evil one.

The glory which You have given to Me, I have given to them to reflect Your character, that they may be one in unity, just as We are one in nature— I in them, and You in Me in perfect union—so that they may be brought to perfection in unity and maturity, that the world may know with certainty that You sent Me, and You loved them with the same love, just as You loved Me eternally.