John 17:13

Now I am coming to you, but I am saying these things in the world so that they will have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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In The King James Version

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

In Context

12While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I protected them, and not one of them was destroyed, except for the son of destruction, so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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Cross References

Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, 1 to God my exceeding joy. 1 I will praise you with the harp, God, my God. 1

John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. Now the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. This, then, is my joy made complete.

John 15:11I have spoken these things to you so that my joy will be in you and so that your joy will be complete.

John 16:33I have spoken these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have troubles, but have courage, I have conquered the world.”

Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not about food and drink, but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 12:2Let us pay attention to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of the faith. For the joy that was placed before him, he endured the cross, despised its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Matthew Henry on John 17:12-17

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled… Read the whole commentary →

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