John 17:9
I ask in regard to them; I do not ask in regard to the world, but in regard to those whom You have given to Me, because they are Yours,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10and all Mine are Yours, and Yours [are] Mine, and I have been glorified in them;
Cross References
Luke 8:34And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;
John 14:16and I will ask the Father, and He will give to you another Comforter, that He may remain with you throughout the age:
John 17:2according as You gave to Him authority over all flesh, that—all that You have given to Him—He may give to them continuous life;
John 17:20And I do not ask in regard to these alone, but also in regard to those who will be believing in Me through their word,
Hebrews 9:24for the Christ did not enter into holy places made with hands—figures of the true—but into Heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;
1 John 5:19we have known that we are of God, and the whole world lies [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 →