| 1 | When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify
and
exalt
and
honor
and
magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify
and
extol
and
honor
and
magnify You. |
| 2 | [Just as] You have granted Him power
and
authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. |
| 3 | And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true
and
real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent. |
| 4 | I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do. |
| 5 | And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself
and
restore Me to such majesty
and
honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed. |
| 6 | I have manifested Your Name [I have revealed Your very Self, Your real Self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have obeyed
and
kept Your word. |
| 7 | Now [at last] they know
and
understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours]. |
| 8 | For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received
and
accepted [them] and have come to know positively
and
in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed
and
are convinced that You did send Me. |
| 9 | I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You. |
| 10 | All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.] |
| 11 | And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are [still] in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your Name [
[a]in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We [are one]. |
| 12 | While I was with them, I kept
and
preserved them in Your Name [
[b]in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded
and
protected, and not one of them has perished
or
is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot—the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled. |
| 13 | And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full
and
complete
and
perfect in them [that they may experience My delight fulfilled in them, that My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts]. |
| 14 | I have given
and
delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world [do not belong to the world], just as I am not of the world. |
| 15 | I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep
and
protect them from the evil one. |
| 16 | They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of the world. |
| 17 | Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. |
| 18 | Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. |
| 19 | And so for their sake
and
on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth. |
| 20 | Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word
and
teaching, |
| 21 | That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe
and
be convinced that You have sent Me. |
| 22 | I have given to them the glory
and
honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: |
| 23 | I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one
and
perfectly united, that the world may know
and
[definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. |
| 24 | Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. |
| 25 | O just
and
righteous Father, although the world has not known You
and
has failed to recognize You
and
has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand
and
know that You have sent Me. |
| 26 | I have made Your Name known to them
and
revealed Your character
and
Your very
[c]Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them. |
Cross references:
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John 17:12 : Ps. 41:9; John 6:70.
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