John 17:9–17

⁹“^aI ask on their behalf; ^bI do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom ^cYou have given Me; for ^dthey are Yours;

¹⁰and ^aall things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.

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.