John 17:6-26

The High Priestly Prayer

6 d "I have manifested your name to the people e whom you gave me out of the world. f Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything f that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them g the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that h I came from you; and i they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. j I am not praying for the world but for those k whom you have given me, for l they are yours. 10 m All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and n I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but o they are in the world, and p I am coming to you. q Holy Father, r keep them in your name, s which you have given me, t that they may be one, u even as we are one. 12 v While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have w guarded them, and x not one of them has been lost except y the son of destruction, z that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now a I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have b my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 c I have given them your word, and d the world has hated them e because they are not of the world, f just as I am not of the world. 15 I g do not ask that you h take them out of the world, but that you i keep them from j the evil one. 1 16 k They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 l Sanctify them 2 in the truth; m your word is truth. 18 n As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And o for their sake p I consecrate myself, 3 that they also q may be sanctified 4 in truth.

20 "I do not r ask for these only, but also for those s who will believe in me through their word, 21 t that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that u they also may be in v us, so that the world w may believe that you have sent me. 22 x The glory that you have given me y I have given to them, t that they may be one even as we are one, 23 z I in them and you in me, a that they may become perfectly one, b so that the world may know that you sent me and c loved them even as d you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be e with me f where I am, g to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me h before the foundation of the world. 25 i O righteous Father, even though j the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 k I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love l with which you have loved me may be in them, and m I in them."

  1. Cross References
    John 17:26
    I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
    Psalms 22:22
    I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
  2. Cross References
    John 17:2
    Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  3. Cross References
    John 17:9
    I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
  4. Cross References
    John 17:6
    I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
  5. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
    John 12:49
    For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment - what to say and what to speak.
  6. Cross References
    John 8:42
    Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
    John 16:27
    For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
  7. Cross References
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
    John 17:25
    O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
    John 11:42
    I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.
    John 16:30
    Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.
  8. Cross References
    John 17:20 - 21
    I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.
  9. Cross References
    John 17:2
    Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  10. Cross References
    John 17:6
    I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
  11. Cross References
    John 16:15
    All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  12. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 1:10
    When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
  13. Cross References
    John 13:1
    Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
  14. Cross References
    John 14:12
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  15. Cross References
    John 17:25
    O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
  16. Cross References
    John 17:12
    While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
    John 17:15
    I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
    Jude 1:1
    Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 23:21
    Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.
    Philippians 2:9
    Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
    Revelation 19:12
    His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
  18. Cross References
    John 17:21 - 22
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, ...
    John 10:16
    And I have other sheep that are not of this fol...
    Romans 12:5
    So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and...
    Galatians 3:28
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neithe...
    Ephesians 1:10
    As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite al...
    Ephesians 4:4
    There is one body and one Spirit - just as you ...
  19. Cross References
    John 10:30
    I and the Father are one.
  20. Cross References
    John 14:25
    These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.
  21. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 3:3
    But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
    Jude 1:24
    Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.
  22. Cross References
    John 18:9
    This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.
    John 6:39
    And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
    John 10:28
    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
  23. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 2:3
    Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 109:8
    May his days be few; may another take his office!
    Acts 1:16 - 20
    Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
    John 13:18
    I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
  25. Cross References
    John 14:12
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  26. Cross References
    John 15:11
    These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
  27. Cross References
    John 17:3
    And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
  28. Cross References
    John 15:19
    If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  29. Cross References
    John 17:16
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  30. Cross References
    John 8:23
    He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
  31. Cross References
    John 17:9
    I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
  32. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 5:10
    Not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
  33. Cross References
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
  34. Cross References
    Matthew 13:19
    When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
  35. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  36. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 5:23
    Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    2 Thessalonians 2:13
    But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
    1 Peter 1:22
    Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
    John 15:3
    Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
  37. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:28
    And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
    Psalms 119:160
    The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
  38. Cross References
    John 20:21
    Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.
    John 4:38
    I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
    Matthew 10:5
    These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans.
  39. Cross References
    Titus 2:14
    Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
  40. Cross References
    John 10:36
    Do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
  41. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:2
    To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
    1 Corinthians 1:30
    And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
    1 Corinthians 6:11
    And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
    Hebrews 2:11
    For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
    Hebrews 10:10
    And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  42. Cross References
    John 17:9
    I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
  43. Cross References
    John 4:39
    Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I ever did.
    Romans 10:14
    How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
    1 Corinthians 3:5
    What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.
  44. Cross References
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
    1 Corinthians 6:17
    But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
  45. Cross References
    1 John 1:3
    That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
    1 John 3:24
    Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  46. Cross References
    John 14:23
    Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
  47. Cross References
    John 17:8
    For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
  48. Cross References
    John 17:24
    Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
    Luke 9:26
    For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
  49. Cross References
    Romans 8:30
    And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
  50. Cross References
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
  51. Cross References
    John 17:26
    I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
    John 14:20
    In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
    Romans 8:10
    But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
    2 Corinthians 13:5
    Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
  52. Cross References
    1 John 2:5
    But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
    Colossians 3:14
    And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
    1 John 4:12
    No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
    1 John 4:17
    By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
  53. Cross References
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
    John 14:31
    But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
  54. Cross References
    John 16:27
    For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
  55. Cross References
    John 17:24
    Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
    John 17:26
    I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
    John 5:20
    For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
  56. Cross References
    2 Timothy 2:11 - 12
    The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.
  57. Cross References
    John 12:26
    If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  58. Cross References
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
    2 Corinthians 3:18
    And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
    1 John 3:2
    Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
  59. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:4
    Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
    1 Peter 1:20
    He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
    John 17:5
    And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
  60. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:1
    Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
    Revelation 16:5
    And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, "Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
    1 John 1:9
    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  61. Cross References
    John 8:55
    But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
    John 10:15
    Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  62. Cross References
    John 17:6
    I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  63. Cross References
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
    John 15:9
    As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
  64. Cross References
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
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