John 17:11–23

¹¹“I am no longer in the world; and yet ^athey themselves are in the world, and ^bI come to You. ^cHoly Father, keep them in Your name, the name ^dwhich You have given Me, that ^ethey may be one even as We are.

¹²“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name ^awhich You have given Me; and I guarded them and ^bnot one of them perished but ^cthe ¹son of perdition, so that the ^dScripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

¹³“But now ^aI come to You; and ^bthese things I speak in the world so that they may have My ^cjoy made full in themselves.

¹⁴“I have given them Your word; and ^athe world has hated them, because ^bthey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁵“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them ¹from ^2athe evil one.

¹⁶“^aThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁷“^aSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

¹⁸“As ^aYou sent Me into the world, ^bI also have sent them into the world.

¹⁹“For their sakes I ^asanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be ^bsanctified ^cin truth.

²⁰“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;

²¹that they may all be one; ^aeven as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^bso that the world may ¹believe that ^cYou sent Me.

Their Future Glory

²²“The ^aglory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

^23aI in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ¹in unity, so that the world may ²know that ^bYou sent Me, and ^cloved them, even as You have loved Me.