John 17:17

17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.

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John 17:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
ESV
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
NLT
17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
MSG
17 Make them holy - consecrated - with the truth; Your word is consecrating truth.
CSB
17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

John 17:17 In-Context

15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S John 15:3; 2 Samuel 7:28; 1 Kings 17:24

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "them to live in accordance with"
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