John 17:9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
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10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Cross References
Luke 8:34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 17:2as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
John 17:20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
1 John 5:19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth 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 →