John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.

Revised King James New Testament

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 I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came from you, and they have believed that you did send me.

10And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

John 14:16And I will pray to the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;

John 17:2Since you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.

John 17:20I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;

Hebrews 9:24For Christ has not entered a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

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