John 17:9

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.

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In The King James Version

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

In Context

8For I have given them the words that you gave to me. And they have accepted these words, and they have truly understood that I went forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

10And all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I am glorified in this.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And when those who were pasturing them had seen this, they fled and reported it in the city and the villages.

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide with you for eternity:

John 17:2just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

John 17:20But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.

Hebrews 9:24For Jesus did not enter by means of holy things made with hands, mere examples of the true things, but he entered into Heaven itself, so that he may appear now before the face of God for us.

1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness.

Matthew Henry on John 17:7-11

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou… Read the whole commentary →

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