John 17

The Prayer of Jesus

17After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you.G5023G2980G2424G2532G1869G846G3788G1519G3772G2532G2036G3962G5610G2064G1392G4675G5207G2443G4675G5207G2532G1392G45712For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him.G2531G1325G846G1849G3956G4561G2443G1325G166G2222G3739G3956G846G1325G8463And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.G1161G3778G2076G2222G166G2443G1097G4571G3441G228G2316G2532G2424G5547G3739G6494I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.G1473G1392G4571G1909G1093G5048G2041G3739G1325G3427G2443G41605Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.G2532G3568G3962G1392G4771G3165G3844G4572G1391G3739G2192G3844G4671G4253G2889G15116"I have revealed you

to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.G5319G4675G3686G444G3739G1325G3427G1537G2889G4674G2258G2532G1325G846G1698G2532G5083G4675G30567Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you,G3568G1097G3754G3956G3745G1325G3427G2076G3844G46758for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.G3754G1325G846G4487G3739G1325G3427G2532G846G2983G2532G1097G230G3754G1831G3844G4675G2532G4100G3754G4771G649G31659"My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.G1473G2065G4012G846G2065G3756G4012G2889G235G4012G3739G1325G3427G3754G1526G467410All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory.G2532G3956G1699G2076G4674G2532G4674G1699G2532G1392G1722G84611Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name

; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.G2532G3765G1510G3765G1722G2889G2532G3778G1526G1722G2889G2532G1473G2064G4314G4571G40G3962G5083G1722G4675G3686G846G3739G1325G3427G2443G5600G1520G2531G224912During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me

. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.G3753G2252G3326G846G1722G2889G1473G5083G846G1722G4675G3686G3739G1325G3427G5442G2532G3762G1537G846G622G1508G5207G684G2443G1124G413713"Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.G1161G3568G2064G4314G4571G2532G5023G2980G1722G2889G2443G2192G1699G5479G4137G1722G84614I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.G1473G1325G846G4675G3056G2532G2889G3404G846G3754G1526G3756G1537G2889G2531G1473G1510G3756G1537G288915I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.G2065G3756G2443G142G846G1537G2889G235G2443G5083G846G1537G419016They do not belong to this world any more than I do.G1526G3756G1537G2889G2531G1473G1510G3756G1537G288917Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.G37G846G1722G4675G225G4674G3056G2076G22518Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.G2531G649G1691G1519G2889G2504G649G2504G649G846G1519G288919And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.G2532G5228G846G5228G1473G37G1683G2443G846G2532G5600G37G1722G22520"I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.G1161G3756G2065G4012G5130G3440G235G4012G2532G4100G1519G1691G1223G846G305621I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.G2443G3956G5600G1520G2531G4771G3962G1722G1698G2504G1722G4671G2443G846G2532G5600G1520G1722G2254G2443G2889G4100G3754G4771G649G316522"I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.G2532G1391G3739G1325G3427G1473G1325G846G2443G5600G1520G2531G2249G2070G152023I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.G1473G1722G846G2532G4771G1722G1698G2443G5600G5048G1519G1520G2532G2443G2889G1097G3754G4771G649G3165G2532G25G846G2531G25G169124Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!G3962G2309G2443G2548G3739G1325G3427G5600G3326G1700G3699G1473G1510G2443G2334G1699G1391G3739G1325G3427G3754G25G3165G4253G2602G288925"O righteous Father, the world doesn't know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me.G2532G1342G3962G2889G1097G3756G1097G4571G1161G1473G1097G4571G2532G3778G1097G3754G4771G649G316526I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them."G2532G1107G846G4675G3686G2532G1107G2443G26G3739G25G3165G5600G1722G846G2504G1722G846