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John 17

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Introduction

1  Christ prays to his Father.
Verse 1

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
and lifted
11:41, Psalms 121:1,2, 123:1, Isaiah 38:14, Luke 18:13
the hour
7:30, 8:20, 12:23,27,28, 13:1, 16:32, Mark 14:41, Luke 22:53
glorify
4,5, 7:39, 11:4, 13:31,32, Acts 3:13, Philippians 2:9-11, 1 Peter 1:21
Verse 2

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
As
3:35, 5:21-29, Psalms 2:6-12, 110:1, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 11:27, 28:18, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Ephesians 1:20, Philippians 2:10, Hebrews 1:2, 2:8,9, 1 Peter 3:22
give
24, 4:14, 6:27,54-57, 10:28, 11:25,26, Romans 6:23, Colossians 3:3,4, 1 Timothy 1:16, 1 John 1:2, 2:25, 5:20, Jude 1:21
many
6:37,39, 10:29
Verse 3

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
this
25, 8:19,54,55, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Psalms 9:10, Isaiah 53:11, Jeremiah 9:23,24, 31:33,34, Hosea 6:3, 1 Corinthians 15:34, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 8:11,12, 1 John 4:6, 5:11,20
the only
14:9,10, 2 Chronicles 15:3, Jeremiah 10:10, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 Timothy 6:15,16, 1 John 5:20
and Jesus
3:17,34, 5:36,37, 6:27-29,57, 7:29, 10:36, 11:42, 12:49,50, 14:26, Isaiah 48:16, 61:1, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48, 1 John 4:14,15, 5:11,12
Verse 4

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
glorified
12:28, 13:31,32, 14:13
finished
4:34, 5:36, 9:3, 14:31, 15:10, 19:30, Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7
Verse 5

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
glorify
24, 1:18, 3:13, 10:30, 14:9, Proverbs 8:22-31, Philippians 2:6, Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:3,10, 1 John 1:2, Revelation 5:9-14
before
1:1-3, Matthew 25:34, 1 Peter 1:20, Revelation 13:8
Verse 6

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
have manifested
26, 1:18, 12:28, Exodus 3:13-15, 9:16, 34:5-7, Psalms 22:22, 71:17-19, Matthew 11:25-27, Luke 10:21,22, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Hebrews 2:12, 1 John 5:20
the men
2,9,11,14,16,24, 6:37, 10:27-29, 15:19, 18:9, Acts 13:48
thine
9,10, Romans 8:28-30, 11:2, Ephesians 1:4-11, 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14, 1 Peter 1:1
they
8:31,32, 14:21-24, 15:3,7, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 2:1-5,10, 3:1-4, 23:23, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 1:13, Hebrews 3:6, Revelation 2:13, 3:8
Verse 7

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
they
7:16,17, 14:7-10,20, 16:27-30
are
10, 8:28, 10:29,30, 12:49,50, 16:15
Verse 8

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
I have
14, 6:68, 14:10, Proverbs 1:23, Matthew 13:11, Ephesians 3:2-8, 4:11,12
received
3:33, Proverbs 1:3, 2:1, 4:10, 8:10, 1 Corinthians 11:23, 15:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 4:1
and have
6,7,25, 16:27,30, 1 John 4:14
Verse 9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
pray for
14:16, 16:26,27, Luke 22:32, 8:34, Hebrews 7:25, 9:24, 1 John 2:1,2, 5:19, Revelation 12:9, 13:8, 20:15
Verse 10

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
all
10:30, 16:14,15, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, Colossians 1:15-19, 2:9
and I
5:23, 11:4, 12:23, Acts 19:17, Galatians 1:24, Philippians 1:20, 2:9-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:10,12, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 5:8-14
Verse 11

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
I am
13, 13:1,3, 16:28, Acts 1:9-11, 3:21, Hebrews 1:3, 9:24
but
14-18, 15:18-21, 16:33, Matthew 10:16, James 4:4, 1 John 3:12, 5:19
Holy
25, Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 1:15-17, Revelation 4:8, 15:4
keep
12,15, 10:29,30, Psalms 17:8,9, Isaiah 27:3, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:1,24
thine
Psalms 79:9, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 64:2, Jeremiah 14:7,21, Ezekiel 20:9,22,44, Matthew 6:9, Romans 9:17
that
21,22, 10:30, 14:20, Romans 15:5,6, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 12:12,13, Ephesians 4:4
Verse 12

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
I kept
6:37,39,40, 10:27,28, Hebrews 2:13
and
13:18, 18:9, Luke 4:26,27, 1 John 2:19
the son
6:70,71, 13:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:3
that
Psalms 109:6-19, Acts 1:16-20,25
Verse 13

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
come
1, 13:3, Hebrews 12:2
that
3:29, 15:11, 16:22-24,33, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 43:4, 126:5, Acts 13:52, Romans 14:17, Galatians 5:22, 1 John 1:4, 2 John 1:12
Verse 14

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
given
the world
7:7, 15:18-21, Genesis 3:15, Proverbs 29:27, Zechariah 11:8, Matthew 10:24,25, 1 Peter 4:4,5, 1 John 3:12
they
16, 8:23, 1 John 4:5,6, 5:19,20
Verse 15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
take
Psalms 30:9, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 38:18,19, 57:1, Luke 8:38,39, Philippians 1:20-26
keep
Genesis 48:16, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms 121:7, Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4, Galatians 1:4, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 John 5:18
Verse 17

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Sanctify
19, 8:32, 15:3, Psalms 19:7-9, 119:9,11,104, Luke 8:11,15, Acts 15:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 5:26, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, James 1:21, 1 Peter 1:22,23
word
8:40, 2 Samuel 7:28, Psalms 12:6, 19:7, 119:144,151,152, Ephesians 4:21, 2 Timothy 2:25,26
Verse 18

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
20:21, Isaiah 61:1-3, Matthew 23:34, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ephesians 3:7
Verse 19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
for
Isaiah 62:1, 2 Corinthians 4:15, 8:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, 2 Timothy 2:10
I sanctify
10:36, Jeremiah 1:5, 1 Corinthians 1:2, Hebrews 2:11, 9:13,18,26, 10:5-10,29
that
17, Titus 2:14
sanctified through the truth
or, truly sanctified.
Verse 20

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
pray
6-11, Ephesians 4:11
for them
Acts 2:41, 4:4, Romans 15:18,19, 16:26, 2 Timothy 1:2
Verse 21

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
they all
11,22,23, 10:16, Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 37:16-19,22-25, Zephaniah 3:9, Zechariah 14:9, Acts 2:46, 4:32, Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 12:12,25-27, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 4:3-6, Philippians 1:27, 2:1-5, Colossians 3:11-14, 1 Peter 3:8,9
as
5:23, 10:30,38, 14:9-11, Philippians 2:6, 1 John 5:7
that the
13:35
Verse 22

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
the glory
1:16, 15:18,19, 20:21-23, Mark 6:7, 16:17-20, Luke 22:30, Acts 5:41, Romans 15:15-20, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 5:20, 6:1, Ephesians 2:20, Philippians 1:29, Colossians 1:24, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Revelation 21:14
that
14:20, 1 John 1:3, 3:24
Verse 23

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
I
6:56, 14:10,23, Romans 8:10,11, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:28, 1 John 1:3, 1 John 4:12-16
made
Ephesians 4:12-16, Philippians 3:15, Colossians 1:28, 2:2,9,10, 3:14, 1 Peter 5:10
the
13:35
and hast
24, Ephesians 1:6-14, 1 John 3:1, 4:19
Verse 24

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
I will
12:26, 14:3, Matthew 25:21,23, 26:29, Luke 12:37, 22:28-30, 23:43, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Revelation 3:21, 7:14-17
may
Genesis 45:13, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:6, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 21:22
for
5, Proverbs 8:21-31
Verse 25

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
righteous
11, Isaiah 45:21, Romans 3:26
the world
8:19,55, 15:21, 16:3, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22, Acts 17:23, 26:18, Romans 1:28, Romans 3:11, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 15:34, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Galatians 4:8,9, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 8:11, 1 John 5:19,20, Revelation 13:8
but
1:18, 5:19,20, 7:29, 10:15
these
8, 6:19, 16:27,30, Matthew 16:16
Verse 26

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
I have
6, 8:50, 15:15, Psalms 22:22, Hebrews 2:12
that
14:23, 15:9, Ephesians 1:6,22,23, 2:4,5, 5:30,32, 2 Thessalonians 2:16
and I
23, 6:56, 14:20, 15:4, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 12:12, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 1:27, 2:10, 3:11, 1 John 3:24, 4:13,14

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