John 17 : 1 (NCV)
After Jesus said these things, he looked toward heaven and prayed, "Father, the time has come. Give glory to your Son so that the Son can give glory to you.
John 17 : 2 (NCV)
You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those you gave him.
John 17 : 3 (NCV)
And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
John 17 : 4 (NCV)
Having finished the work you gave me to do, I brought you glory on earth.
John 17 : 5 (NCV)
And now, Father, give me glory with you; give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.
John 17 : 6 (NCV)
I showed what you are like to those you gave me from the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your teaching.
John 17 : 7 (NCV)
Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.
John 17 : 8 (NCV)
I gave them the teachings you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew that I truly came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
John 17 : 9 (NCV)
I am praying for them. I am not praying for people in the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours.
John 17 : 10 (NCV)
All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And my glory is shown through them.
John 17 : 11 (NCV)
I am coming to you; I will not stay in the world any longer. But they are still in the world. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they will be one, just as you and I are one.
John 17 : 12 (NCV)
While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and only one of them, the one worthy of destruction, was lost so that the Scripture would come true.
John 17 : 13 (NCV)
I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world so that these followers can have all of my joy in them.
John 17 : 14 (NCV)
I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them, because they don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
John 17 : 15 (NCV)
I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to keep them safe from the Evil One.
John 17 : 16 (NCV)
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
John 17 : 17 (NCV)
Make them ready for your service through your truth; your teaching is truth.
John 17 : 18 (NCV)
I have sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.
John 17 : 19 (NCV)
For their sake, I am making myself ready to serve so that they can be ready for their service of the truth.
John 17 : 20 (NCV)
I pray for these followers, but I am also praying for all those who will believe in me because of their teaching.
John 17 : 21 (NCV)
Father, I pray that they can be one. As you are in me and I am in you, I pray that they can also be one in us. Then the world will believe that you sent me.
John 17 : 22 (NCV)
I have given these people the glory that you gave me so that they can be one, just as you and I are one.
John 17 : 23 (NCV)
I will be in them and you will be in me so that they will be completely one. Then the world will know that you sent me and that you loved them just as much as you loved me.
John 17 : 24 (NCV)
Father, I want these people that you gave me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.
John 17 : 25 (NCV)
Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you, and these people know you sent me.
John 17 : 26 (NCV)
I showed them what you are like, and I will show them again. Then they will have the same love that you have for me, and I will live in them."
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