John 17:9

I pray for these: I pray not for the world; but for those whom thou hast given me, because they are thine:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

8because the words which thou didst give me I have given unto them; and they received them, and they know truly that I came out from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

10and all mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I have been glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And the herders seeing that which took place, fled, and proclaimed it in the city and in the country.

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you always,

John 17:2as thou didst give Him authority over all flesh, in order that whatsoever thou hast given unto Him, He may give unto them eternal life.

John 17:20And I not only pray for these, but also for those believing on me through their word;

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in 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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