John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
King James Version
In Context
16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Psalms 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Luke 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
John 8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 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 →