John 17:9

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

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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 all the words that you gave me. They received them and truly knew that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

10Everything that is mine is yours, and yours is mine, and I am glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and told about it in the city and countryside.

John 14:16and I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Comforter so that he will be with you forever—

John 17:2just as you gave him authority over all flesh so that he would give eternal life to everyone whom you have given him.

John 17:20I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Instead he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.

1 John 5:19We know that we are from God, and we know 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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