John 17:9

Y preie for hem, Y preye not for the world, but for hem that thou hast youun to me, for thei ben thine.

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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 the wordis that thou hast youun to me, Y yaf to hem; and thei han takun, and han knowun verili, that Y wente out fro thee; and thei bileueden, that thou sentist me.

10And alle my thingis ben thine, and thi thingis ben myne; and Y am clarified in hem.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And whanne the hirdis sayn this thing don, thei flowen, and tolden in to the cite, and in to the townes.

John 14:16And Y schal preye the fadir, and he schal yyue to you another coumfortour,

John 17:2As thou hast youun to hym power on ech fleisch, that al thing that thou hast youun to hym, he yyue to hem euerlastynge lijf.

John 17:20And Y preye not oneli for hem, but also for hem that schulden bileue in to me bi the word of hem;

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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