John 17:19
and I sanctify Myself for them, that they also may be sanctified in truth themselves.
Literal Standard Version
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 also sent them into the world;
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I form you in the belly, I have known you; and before you come forth from the womb I have separated you; I have made you a prophet to the nations.”
John 17:17sanctify them in Your truth, Your word is truth;
2 Corinthians 4:15for all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;
1 Thessalonians 4:7for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Titus 2:14who gave Himself for us, that He might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to Himself a special people, zealous 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 →