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1 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it's time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
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After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
2 You put him in charge of everything human So he might give real and eternal life to all in his charge.
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For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
3 And this is the real and eternal life: That they know you, The one and only true God, And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
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Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I glorified you on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do.
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I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor, The very splendor I had in your presence Before there was a world.
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And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
6 I spelled out your character in detail To the men and women you gave me. They were yours in the first place; Then you gave them to me, And they have now done what you said.
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“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
7 They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt, That everything you gave me is firsthand from you,
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Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
8 For the message you gave me, I gave them; And they took it, and were convinced That I came from you. They believed that you sent me.
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For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
9 I pray for them. I'm not praying for the God-rejecting world But for those you gave me, For they are yours by right.
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I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
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