Joh 17:9 | JFB | STEP | 9-14. I pray for them —not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on ). not for the world —for they had been given Him " out of the world" ( ), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

John 17:9

9-14. I pray for them—not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).

not for the world—for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.