John 17:14-24

14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

20 My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.