John 17:17-19

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.

John 17:17-19 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.

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 John 15:3; 2 Samuel 7:28; 1 Kings 17:24
• 2. ver 3,8,21,23,25; S John 3:17
• 3. John 20:21
• 4. ver 17

Footnotes

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