John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom Thou hast given me, for they are thine.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 instructions, which Thou gavest me, I have given to them: and they have received them, and have known of a truth that I came from Thee, and have believed that thou hast sent me.

10And all my concerns are thine, and thine are mine: and I am therefore glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34And when those that looked after them saw what was done they fled; and went and told it in city and country:

John 14:16and He will give you another comforter to abide with you for ever:

John 17:2as Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that as to all which Thou hast given Him, He might give them eternal life;

John 17:20Nor do I pray for these only, but for them also that shall believe on me through their word.

Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into holy places made with hands, which were but types of the true ones; 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 the whole world lieth under 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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