John 17:15-21

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^[a] 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.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 5:37
• 2. ver 14
• 3. S John 15:3; 2 Samuel 7:28; 1 Kings 17:24
• 4. ver 3,8,21,23,25; S John 3:17
• 5. John 20:21
• 6. ver 17
• 7. Jeremiah 32:39
• 8. ver 11; John 10:38
• 9. ver 3,8,18,23,25; S John 3:17

Footnotes

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