Joh 17:11 | NETfull | STEP | I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

John 17:11

11 I ^{▼▼ Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.} am no longer in the world, but ^{▼▼ The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.} they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe ^{▼▼ Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”} in your name ^{▼▼ Or “by your name.”} that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. ^{▼▼ The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.}