John 17:9

And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 words thou gavest to me, I have given to them; and they have received them, and have known certainly, that I came from thy presence; and they have believed that thou didst send me.

10And all that is mine is thine, and what is thine is mine; and I am glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And when the herdmen saw what had occurred, they fled, and told it in the cities and the villages.

John 14:16And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,

John 17:2As thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he might give life eternal to as many as thou hast given him.

John 17:20And it is not for them only that I pray, but also for those who shall believe in me through their discourse;

Hebrews 9:24For the Messiah entered not into the sanctuary made with hands, which is the emblem of the true sanctuary: but he entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us.

1 John 5:19We know, that we are of God; and all the world is reposing on 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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