John 17:17
Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
In Context
16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
18As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
Psalms 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
Psalms 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:151You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
Luke 8:11“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
John 8:32You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
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 →