John 17:9

I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

Majority Standard 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 them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

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Cross References

Luke 8:34When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to abide with you forever—

John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He will give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

John 17:20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

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