John 17:19
and for them I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18As thou hast sent me into the world, so I send them into the world;
20I pray, not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word;
Cross References
John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
2 Corinthians 4:15For all these afflictions are for your sakes, that the favor which abounds to me, may, through the thanksgiving of the many, abound richly to the glory of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.
Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Matthew Henry on John 17:18-20
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good. I. Here is the petition ( v. 17 ): Sanctify them through thy truth, through thy word, for thy word is truth; it is true—it is truth itself.… Read the whole commentary →