John 17:9

I'm praying for them—not for the world, but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

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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

8I have given them the message that you gave me. They accepted it, completely convinced that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

10All who belong to me are yours, and those who belong to you are mine, and I have been glorified through them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When the pig-keepers saw what had happened they ran off and spread the news through the town and the countryside.

John 14:16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter,

John 17:2For you gave him authority over all people so that he might give eternal life to all those you have given to him.

John 17:20I'm not only praying for them, I'm also praying for those who trust in me because of their message.

Hebrews 9:24For Christ hasn't entered a Most Holy Place constructed by human beings that is only a pattern of the original. He has entered heaven itself, and now appears on our behalf, speaking for us in God's presence.

1 John 5:19We know that we belong to God, and that the world is under the power of the evil one.

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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