John 17:2-11

Listen to John 17:2-11
2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6 “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 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
8 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 am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.
11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.

Cross References 22

  • 1. S Matthew 28:18
  • 2. S Matthew 25:46
  • 3. ver 6,9,24; Daniel 7:14; John 6:37,39
  • 4. S Philippians 3:8
  • 5. ver 8,18,21,23,25; S John 3:17
  • 6. John 13:31
  • 7. S John 19:30; John 4:34
  • 8. ver 1
  • 9. Philippians 2:6
  • 10. S John 1:2
  • 11. ver 26; John 1:18
  • 12. S ver 2; John 6:37,39
  • 13. ver 14,26; S John 14:24
  • 14. S John 13:3; John 16:27
  • 15. ver 3,18,21,23,25; S John 3:17
  • 16. Luke 22:32
  • 17. S ver 2
  • 18. John 16:15
  • 19. John 13:1
  • 20. ver 13; John 7:33
  • 21. ver 21-23; Psalms 133:1
  • 22. John 10:30

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Greek "your name"
  • [b] Or "Father, keep them faithful to"
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