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John 17:9

John 17:9 is verse 9 of John chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

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King James Version

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

World English Bible

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

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John 17:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

8 For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

9 I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

10 All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

11 I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

John 16:26

In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

John 16:27

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Luke 8:34

When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1 John 2:2

He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 13:8

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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