John 17:18

¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

¹⁷ Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

¹⁹ For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

²⁰ I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
KJV: As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
WEB: As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.
ASV: As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.
DARBY: As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world;
BLB: As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;

ÅB: Slik som du har utsendt meg til verden, har også jeg utsendt dem til verden,
OTB: Slik du har sendt meg til verden, har jeg også sendt dem til verden.
B1930: Likesom du har utsendt mig til verden, har også jeg utsendt dem til verden,

2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
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John 20:21
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
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John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
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Ephesians 3:7
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
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Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
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John 4:38
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
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John 17:21
that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
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John 17:23
I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
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