John 17:19
And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
20But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust,
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”
John 17:17Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.
2 Corinthians 4:15Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.
Titus 2:14He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers 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 →