John 17

1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heavenwards, and said: “Father, the hour has come; honor your Son, so that your Son may honor you;

2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. (aiōnios g166)

even as you gave him power over all humanity, so that he should give eternal life to everyone you have given him. (aiōnios g166)

3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. (aiōnios g166)

And the eternal life is this – to know you the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent as your messenger. (aiōnios g166)

4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

I have honored you on earth by completing the work which you have given me to do;

5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

and now do you honor me, Father, at your own side, with the honor which I had at your side before the world began.

6 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.

I have revealed you to those whom you gave me from the world; they were your own, and you gave them to me; and they have laid your message to heart.

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

They recognize now that everything that you gave me was 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.

for I have given them the teaching which you gave me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from you, and they believed that you have sent me as your messenger.

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.

I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are your own –

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

All that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine – and I am honored in them.

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.

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to you. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of your name which you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are.

12 While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

While I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul – in fulfillment of scripture.

13 But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

But now I am to come to you; and I am speaking like this, while still in the world, so that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.

14 I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

I have given them your message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

15 I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.

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

They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

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

Consecrate them by the truth; your message is truth.

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

Just as you have sent me as your messenger to the world, so I send them as my messengers to the world.

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

And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

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

But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who 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.

that they all may be one – that as you, Father, are in union with us – and so the world may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.

22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

I have given them the honor which you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one –

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.

I in union with them and you with me – so that they may be perfected in their union, and so that the world may know that you have sent me as your messenger, and that you have loved them as you have loved me.

24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Father, my desire for all those whom you have given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honor which you have given me; for you did love me before the beginning of the world.

25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you; and these people knew that you have sent me as your messenger.

26 And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

I have made you known to them, and will do so still; that the love that you have had for me may be in their hearts, and that I may be in them also.”