17:1 Jesus spoke these things; and raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You,
17:2 just as You gave Him authority over all ①mankind, so that ②to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
▷ ①Lit flesh ②Lit everything that You have given Him, to them He may
17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
17:4 I glorified You on the earth ①by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
▷ ①Or having accomplished
17:5 And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.
17:6 “I have revealed Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have followed Your word.
17:7 Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You;
17:8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
17:9 I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom You have given Me, because they are Yours;
17:10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
17:11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
17:12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished except the ①son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
▷ ①Heb idiom for one destined to perish
17:13 But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
17:14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17:15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from ①the evil one.
▷ ①Or evil
17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
17:18 Just as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.
17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
17:20 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word,
17:21 that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may ①believe that You sent Me.
▷ ①Gr tense indicates continually believe
17:22 The glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one;
17:23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ①in unity, so that the world may ②know that You sent Me, and You loved them, just as You loved Me.
▷ ①Lit into one ②Gr tense indicates continually know
17:24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
17:25 “Righteous Father, ①although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;
▷ ①Lit even the world
17:26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”