John 17:9

I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those yoʋ have given me, for they are yoʋrs.

Text-Critical English NT

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 them the words that yoʋ gave me, and they have received them and truly know that I came from yoʋ. They have also come to believe that yoʋ sent me.

10All who are mine are also yoʋrs, and all who are yoʋrs are also mine, and I have been glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When those who had been feeding the pigs saw what happened, they ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside.

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to abide with you forever—

John 17:2just as yoʋ have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to everyone yoʋ have given him.

John 17:20“I do not ask on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true ones; he entered heaven itself, so that he might now appear before God on our behalf.

1 John 5:19We know that we are from God, and that the whole world lies in 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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