John 17

The High Priestly Prayer

1 Jesus spoke these things; and araising His eyes to heaven, He said, Father, the hour has come; bglorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, 2 just as cYou gave Him authority over all
Lit flesh
mankind, so that
Lit everything that You have given Him, to them He may
,
fto all whom You have given Him, gHe may give eternal life.
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, hthe only true God, and Jesus Christ whom iYou have sent. 4 jI glorified You on the earth
Or having accomplished
,
lby accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
5 And now You, Father, mglorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had nwith You before the world existed.

6oI have revealed Your name to the men whom pYou gave Me out of the world; they were qYours and You gave them to Me, and they have rfollowed Your word. 7 Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; 8 for sthe words which You gave Me tI have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that uI came forth from You, and they believed that vYou sent Me. 9 wI ask on their behalf; xI do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom yYou have given Me, because zthey are Yours; 10 and aaall things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet abthey themselves are in the world, and acI am coming to You. adHoly Father, keep them in Your name, the name aewhich You have given Me, so that afthey may be one just as We are. 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, agwhich You have given Me; and I guarded them, and ahnot one of them perished except aithe
Heb idiom for one destined to perish
son of destruction, so that the akScripture would be fulfilled.


The Disciples in the World

13 But now alI am coming to You; and amthese things I speak in the world so that they may have My anjoy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and aothe world has hated them because apthey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from
Or evil
,
arthe evil one.
16 asThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 atSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 Just as auYou sent Me into the world, avI also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I awsanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be axsanctified ayin truth.

20 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, 21 that they may all be one; azjust as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, baso that the world may
Gr tense indicates continually believe
believe that bcYou sent Me.


Disciples’ Future Glory

22 The bdglory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 beI in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected
Lit into one
in unity, so that the world may
Gr tense indicates continually know
know that bhYou sent Me, and You biloved them, just as You loved Me.
24 Father, I desire that bjthey also, whom You have given Me, bkbe with Me where I am, so that they may see My blglory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before bmthe foundation of the world.

25bnRighteous Father,
Lit even the world
although bpthe world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that bqYou sent Me;
26 and brI have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that bsthe love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Copyright information for NASB2020