John 17:19
And, on their behalf, I, hallow myself, that, they also, may have become hallowed in truth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18Even as thou didst send me forth into the world, I also, send them forth into the world;
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And before thy nativity, I hallowed thee,—A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee.
John 17:17Hallow them in the truth: Thine own word, is, truth:
2 Corinthians 4:15For, all things, are for your sakes, in order that, the favour abounding, may, through means of the greater number, cause, the thanksgiving, to superabound unto the glory of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.
Titus 2:14Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure—zealous of noble works.
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 →