John 17:9

I demand concerning them; I do not demand concerning the world, but concerning those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine,

Darby Translation

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 which thou hast given me I have given them, and they have received [them], and have known truly that I came out from thee, and have believed that thou sentest me.

10(and all that is mine is thine, and [all] that is thine mine,) and I am glorified in them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34But they that fed [them], seeing what had happened, fled, and told [it] to the city and to the country.

John 14:16And I will beg the 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 [as to] all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal.

John 17:20And I do not demand for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word;

Hebrews 9:24For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

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