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17:4
aJn 4:34
17:5
bPhp 2:6
cJn 1:2
17:6
dver 26
ever 2; Jn 6:37,39
17:8
fver 14,26
gJn 16:27
hver 3,18,21,
23,25; Jn 3:17
17:9
iLk 22:32
17:10
jJn 16:15
17:11
kJn 13:1
lJn 7:33
mver 21-23
nJn 10:30
17:12
oJn 6:39
pJn 6:70
17:13
qJn 3:29
17:14
rJn 15:19
sJn 8:23
17:15
tMt 5:37
17:16
uver 14
17:17
vJn 15:3
17:18
wver 3,8,21,23,25
xJn 20:21
17:21
yJn 10:38
zver 3,8,18,23,25
17:22
aJn 14:20
17:23
bJn 3:17
cJn 16:27
17:24
dJn 12:26
eJn 1:14
fver 5; Mt 25:34
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J ohn 1 7 : 2 4
e arth by finishing the work you gave me to do. a 5And now, Father, glorify me in your
presence with the glory I had with you b before the world began. c
Jesus Prays for His Disciples (220 )
6“I have revealed you a d to t hose whom you gave me e out of the w
orld. They were
yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that
everything you have given me c omes from you. 8For I gave them the w
ords you gave
me f and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, g and
they believed that you sent me. h 9I pray for them. i I am not praying for the world,
but for t hose you have given me, for they are y
ours. 10All I have is y
ours, and all
you have is mine. j And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the
world no longer, but they are still in the world, k and I am coming to you. l Holy Fa
ther, protect them by the power of b your name, the name you gave me, so that they
may be one m as we are one. n 12While I was with them, I protected them and kept
them safe by c that name you gave me. None has been lost o except the one doomed
to destruction p so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
13“I am coming to you now, but I say t hese things while I am still in the world,
so that they may have the full measure of my joy q within them. 14I have given them
your word and the world has hated them, r for they are not of the world any more
than I am of the world. s 15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but
orld, even as I am
that you protect them from the evil one. t 16They are not of the w
not of it. u 17Sanctify them by d the truth; your word is truth. v 18As you sent me into
the world, w I have sent them into the w
orld. x 19For them I sanctify myself, that they
too may be truly sanctified.
Jesus Prays for Future Believers (221 )
20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me
through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me
and I am in you. y May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you
have sent me. z 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be
one as we are one a — 23I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to
complete unity. Then the w
orld will know that you sent me b and have l oved them c
even as you have loved me.
24“Father, I want t hose you have given me to be with me w
here I am, d and to see
my glory, e the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation
of the world. f
a
6 Greek your name b 11 Or Father, keep them faithful to c 12 Or kept them faithful to d 17 Or them to
live in accordance with
disciples, including those of us who follow him today. He prayed that God
would keep his chosen believers safe from Satan’s power, setting them
apart and making them pure and holy, uniting them through his truth.
17:3 How do we get eternal life? Jesus tells us clearly h
ere—by knowing God the Father himself through his Son, Jesus Christ. Eternal life
requires entering into a personal relationship with God through Jesus
Christ. When we admit our sin and turn away from it, Jesus’ love lives
in us by the Holy Spirit.
17:5 Before Jesus came to earth, he was one with God. At this point,
when his mission on earth was almost finished, Jesus was asking his Father
to restore him to his original place of honor and authority. Jesus’ resurrection and ascension—and Stephen’s dying exclamation (Acts 7:56)—attest
that Jesus did return to his exalted position at the right hand of God.
17:10 What did Jesus mean when he said “glory has come to me through
them”? We glorify God when we reveal his presence and character in the
way we live. The lives of Jesus’ disciples reveal his character and show
the world that he is present in them. In what ways does your life reveal
Jesus’ character and presence?
17:11 Jesus was asking that the disciples be united in harmony and
love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are u nited—in the strongest of all
unions (see the notes on 17:21-23). We achieve this harmony not through
structures or organizations alone but through the work of God in and
between us, unifying us and drawing our own wills into sync with his
own (17:3). It is important to remember, however, that though our unity
is essential, we must never abandon or compromise truth simply to be
unified. As we all grow closer to God together, we should find that our
perspectives on the truth do the same.
17:12 Judas was “the one doomed to destruction,” who was lost because
he betrayed Jesus and never sought forgiveness (see Psalm 41:9).
17:13 Joy is a common theme in Jesus’ teachings—he wants us to be
joyful (see 15:11; 16:24). We find immeasurable joy when we keep in
intimate contact with Jesus, the source of all joy. Then we will experience
God’s special care and protection and see the victory God brings even
when defeat seems certain.
17:14 The world hates Christians because Christians’ values differ from
theirs. Because Jesus’ followers don’t cooperate with the world by joining
in their rebellion and hostility to God’s Word and his will, they are living accusations against the world’s immorality. Without God, the world
slides into Satan’s agenda, and Satan is the avowed enemy of Jesus
and his people.
17:17 A follower of Jesus becomes sanctified (set apart for sacred use,
cleansed, and made holy) by believing and obeying the Word of God (also
see Hebrews 4:12). He or she has already received forgiveness through
Jesus’ sacrificial death (Hebrews 7:26-27). But daily application of God’s
Word has a purifying effect on our minds and hearts. Scripture points
out sin, motivates us to confess it, renews our relationship with God,
and guides us back to the right path.
17:18 Jesus didn’t ask God to take believers out of the world but instead