John 17:9

I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine;

Noyes Bible

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

8for I have given to them the words which thou hast given me; and they received them, and knew surely that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me.

10and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And the herdsmen, seeing what was done, fled, and told the news in the city and in the country.

John 14:16and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever;

John 17:2according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that he should give everlasting life to all whom thou hast given him.

John 17:20Yet not for these alone do I pray, but also for those who believe in me through their word;

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf.

1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth under the dominion 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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