John 17:20
18 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.
I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
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.
22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
- KJV
- Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
- WEB
- “Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word,
- ASV
- Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;
- DARBY
- And I do not demand for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word;
- BLB
- But I do not ask for these only, but also for those believing in Me through their word,
- ÅB
- Men jeg ber ikke for disse alene, men også for dem som ved deres ord kommer til å tro på meg,
- OTB
- «Jeg ber ikke bare for disse, men også for dem som vil tro på meg gjennom deres ord,
- B1930
- Men jeg beder ikke for disse alene, men også for dem som ved deres ord kommer til å tro på mig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 17:6–11
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Read in contextActs 2:41
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Read in contextActs 4:4
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
Read in contextRomans 15:18–19
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Read in contextEphesians 4:11
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Read in contextRomans 16:26
but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —
Read in context2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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