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,John 11:41John 7:39; 13:31f 2 just as aYou gave Him authority over all 1mankind, so that 2bto all whom You have given Him, cHe may give eternal life.Lit fleshLit everything that You have given Him, to them He mayJohn 3:35John 10:28John 6:37, 39; 17:6, 9, 24 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, athe only true God, and Jesus Christ whom bYou have sent.John 5:44John 3:17; 17:8, 21, 23, 25 4 aI glorified You on the earth 1bby accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.Or having accomplishedJohn 13:31Luke 22:37; John 4:34 5 And now You, Father, aglorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had bwith You before the world existed.John 17:1John 1:1; 8:58; 17:24; Phil 2:6
6 “aI have revealed Your name to the men whom bYou gave Me out of the world; they were cYours and You gave them to Me, and they have dfollowed Your word.John 17:26John 6:37, 39; 17:2, 9, 24John 17:9John 8:51 7 Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; 8 for athe words which You gave Me bI have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that cI came forth from You, and they believed that dYou sent Me.John 6:68; 12:49John 15:15; 17:14, 26John 8:42; 16:27, 30John 3:17; 17:18, 21, 23, 25 9 aI ask on their behalf; bI do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom cYou have given Me, because dthey are Yours;Luke 22:32; John 14:16Luke 23:34; John 17:20fJohn 6:37, 39; 17:2, 6, 24John 17:6 10 and aall things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.John 16:15 11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet athey themselves are in the world, and bI am coming to You. cHoly Father, keep them in Your name, the name dwhich You have given Me, so that ethey may be one just as We are.John 13:1John 7:33; 17:13John 17:25John 17:6; Phil 2:9; Rev 19:12John 17:21f; Rom 12:5; Gal 3:28 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, awhich You have given Me; and I guarded them, and bnot one of them perished except cthe 1son of destruction, so that the dScripture would be fulfilled.Heb idiom for one destined to perishJohn 17:6; Phil 2:9; Rev 19:12John 6:39; 18:9John 6:70Ps 41:9; John 13:18
13 But now aI am coming to You; and bthese things I speak in the world so that they may have My cjoy made full in themselves.John 7:33; 17:11John 15:11John 3:29 14 I have given them Your word; and athe world has hated them because bthey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.John 15:19John 8:23; 17:16 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from 1athe evil one.Or evilMatt 5:37 16 aThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.John 17:14 17 aSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.John 15:3 18 Just as aYou sent Me into the world, bI also sent them into the world.John 3:17; 17:3, 8, 21, 23, 25Matt 10:5; John 4:38; 20:21 19 And for their sakes I asanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be bsanctified cin truth.John 15:13John 15:32 Cor 7:14; Col 1:6; 1 John 3:18
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; ajust as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, bso that the world may 1believe that cYou sent Me.Gr tense indicates continually believeJohn 10:38; 17:11, 23John 17:8John 3:17; 17:3, 8, 18, 23, 25
22 The aglory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one;John 1:14; 17:24 23 aI in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected 1in unity, so that the world may 2know that bYou sent Me, and You cloved them, just as You loved Me.Lit into oneGr tense indicates continually knowJohn 10:38; 17:11, 21John 3:17; 17:3, 8, 18, 21, 25John 16:27 24 Father, I desire that athey also, whom You have given Me, bbe with Me where I am, so that they may see My cglory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before dthe foundation of the world.John 17:2John 12:26John 1:14; 17:22Matt 25:34; John 17:5
25 “aRighteous Father, 1although bthe world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that cYou sent Me;Lit even the worldJohn 17:11; 1 John 1:9John 7:29; 15:21John 3:17; 17:3, 8, 18, 21, 23 26 and aI have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that bthe love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”John 17:6John 15:9