John 17
17
The High Priestly Prayer
1When Jesus had spoken these words, #ch. 11:41 he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, #[ch. 7:30]; See ch. 12:23 the hour has come; #See ch. 7:39 glorify your Son that the Son may #ver. 4glorify you, 2since #See Matt. 28:18; Rev. 2:26, 27 you have given him authority over all flesh, #ch. 10:28; 1 John 2:25 to give eternal life to all #ver. 6, 9, 24; ch. 6:37, 39; 10:29; 18:9; Heb. 2:13whom you have given him. 3#[1 John 5:20] And this is eternal life, #Hos. 2:20; 6:3; 2 Pet. 1:2, 3 that they know you, #ch. 5:44 the only #1 Thess. 1:9; 1 John 5:20; [Jer. 10:10] true God, and #See ch. 3:17Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4I #ver. 1; See ch. 13:31 glorified you on earth, #[ch. 19:30; Luke 22:37]having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, #ch. 13:32 glorify me in your own presence with the glory #ch. 1:1, 2; [Rev. 3:21] that I had with you #ver. 24; Prov. 8:23; See ch. 8:58before the world existed.
6 # ver. 26;
Ps. 22:22 “I have manifested your name to the people # See ver.
2 whom you gave me out of the world. # ver.
9
Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now they know that everything #[See ver. 6 above]that you have given me is from you. 8For I have given them #ver. 14; ch. 15:15; [ch. 8:26; 12:49] the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that #ch. 8:42; 16:27 I came from you; and #ver. 21, 25; ch. 11:42; 16:30they have believed that you sent me. 9I am praying for them. #[ver. 20, 21] I am not praying for the world but for those #See ver. 2 whom you have given me, for #ver. 6they are yours. 10#ch. 16:15 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and #2 Thess. 1:10I am glorified in them. 11And I am no longer in the world, but #ch. 13:1 they are in the world, and #See ch. 14:12 I am coming to you. #[ver. 25] Holy Father, #ver. 12, 15; Jude 1 keep them in your name, #[Ex. 23:21; Phil. 2:9; Rev. 19:12] which you have given me, #ver. 21, 22; [ch. 10:16; Rom. 12:5; Gal. 3:28; Eph. 1:10; 4:4] that they may be one, #ch. 10:30even as we are one. 12#See ch. 14:25 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have #2 Thess. 3:3; Jude 24 guarded them, and #ch. 18:9; [ch. 6:39; 10:28] not one of them has been lost except #2 Thess. 2:3 the son of destruction, #Ps. 109:8; Acts 1:16-20; [ch. 13:18]that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13But now #See ch. 14:12 I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have #See ch. 15:11my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14#ver. 3 I have given them your word, and #See ch. 15:19 the world has hated them #ver. 16 because they are not of the world, #ch. 8:23just as I am not of the world. 15I #ver. 9 do not ask that you #[1 Cor. 5:10] take them out of the world, but that you #ver. 11 keep them from #See Matt. 13:19the evil one.#17:15 Or from evil 16#ver. 14They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17#[1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:22]; See ch. 15:3 Sanctify them#17:17 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God) in the truth; #2 Sam. 7:28; Ps. 119:160your word is truth. 18#ch. 20:21; [ch. 4:38; Matt. 10:5]As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19And #[Titus 2:14] for their sake #ch. 10:36 I consecrate myself,#17:19 Or I sanctify myself; or I set myself apart (for holy service to God) that they also #[1 Cor. 1:2, 30; 6:11; Heb. 2:11; 10:10]may be sanctified#17:19 Greek may be set apart (for holy service to God) in truth.
20 “I do not # ver.
9 ask for these only, but also for those # [ch.
4:39; Rom. 10:14; 1 Cor. 3:5 ] who will believe in me through their word, 21#See ver. 11; [1 Cor. 6:17] that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that #1 John 1:3; 3:24; 5:20 they also may be in #ch. 14:23 us, so that the world #See ver. 8may believe that you have sent me. 22#ver. 24; [ch. 1:14; Luke 9:26] The glory that you have given me #Rom. 8:30 I have given to them, #[See ver. 21 above]that they may be one even as we are one, 23#ver. 26; ch. 14:20; Rom. 8:10; 2 Cor. 13:5 I in them and you in me, #1 John 2:5; [Col. 3:14; 1 John 4:12, 17] that they may become perfectly one, #ver. 21; ch. 14:31 so that the world may know that you sent me and #ch. 16:27 loved them even as #ver. 24, 26; See ch. 5:20you loved me. 24Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be #2 Tim. 2:11, 12 with me #See ch. 12:26 where I am, #ch. 1:14; 2 Cor. 3:18; [1 John 3:2] to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me #Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20; See ver. 5before the foundation of the world. 25#Jer. 12:1; [ver. 11; Rev. 16:5]; See 1 John 1:9 O righteous Father, even though #See ch. 8:55; 10:15the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26#ver. 6; ch. 15:15 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love #ver. 23; ch. 15:9 with which you have loved me may be in them, and #See ver. 23I in them.”
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John 17
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The Prayer of Jesus
1After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 3And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. 4I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.
6 “I have revealed you # 17:6 Greek have revealed your name; also in 17:26. to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 11Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;#17:11 Some manuscripts read you have given me these [disciples]. now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.#17:12 Some manuscripts read I protected those you gave me, by the power of your name. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. 21I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
22 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. 23I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. 24Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
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