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John 17:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. "

John 17:9

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7 Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,

8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

9 I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

10 All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

11 I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

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John 17:1

"Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;"

John 17:2

"even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him."

John 17:3

"This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ."

John 17:4

"I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do."

John 17:5

"Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed."

John 17:6

"“I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word."

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