John 17:19
And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe, that they also may bee sanctified through the trueth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18As thou diddest send me into the world, so haue I sent them into the world.
20I praie not for these alone, but for them also which shall beleeue in mee, through their woorde,
Cross References
Numbers 7:15A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.
John 17:17Sanctifie them with thy trueth: thy word is trueth.
2 Corinthians 4:15For all thinges are for your sakes, that that most plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of many, may redound to the praise of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.
Titus 2:14Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
Matthew Henry on John 17:18-20
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good. I. Here is the petition ( v. 17 ): Sanctify them through thy truth, through thy word, for thy word is truth; it is true—it is truth itself.… Read the whole commentary →