John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given to me; for they are thine.

Webster Bible

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 thou gavest me; and they have received them , and have known surely that I came from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

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

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

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

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

John 17:20Neither pray I for these alone; but for them also who shall believe on me through their word.

Hebrews 9:24For Christ hath not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

1 John 5:19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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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