John 17:19
For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
2 Corinthians 4:15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
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 →