John 17:13-23

13 But now, I am coming to you; and I say these things while I am still in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

14 "I have given them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world -- just as I myself do not belong to the world.

15 I don't ask you to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.

16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

17 Set them apart for holiness by means of the truth -- your word is truth.

18 Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

19 On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.

20 "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word,

21 that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are united with me and I with you, I pray that they may be united with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

22 The glory which you have given to me, I have given to them; so that they may be one, just as we are one --

23 I united with them and you with me, so that they may be completely one, and the world thus realize that you sent me, and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.