John 17

1 When Jesus finished saying this he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you.

Jesus spoke these things, raising His eyes to Heaven and saying: “Father, the hour has come! Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son also may glorify You,

2 For you gave him authority over all people so that he might give eternal life to all those you have given to him. (aiōnios g166)

just as You gave Him authority over all humanity, so that He will give eternal life to all those whom You have given Him. (aiōnios g166)

3 Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent. (aiōnios g166)

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

4 I have brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work that You have given me to do.

5 Now Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the beginning of the world.

So now, Father, You glorify me by Your side with the glory that I had along with You before the world existed!

6 I have revealed your character to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you; you gave them to me; and they have done what you said.

“I have revealed Your name to the men whom You have given me out of the world. They were Yours and You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.

They now know that everything You have given to me is from You;

8 I have given them the message that you gave me. They accepted it, completely convinced that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

because I have given them the sayings which You have given to me; and they have received and known for sure that I came forth from You, and they have believed that You sent me.

9 I'm praying for them—not for the world, but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, because they are yours.

10 All who belong to me are yours, and those who belong to you are mine, and I have been glorified through them.

Actually, all my things are Yours and Yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them.

11 I am leaving the world, but they will remain in the world; I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name, the name that you gave to me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

Now I am no longer in the world, yet these are in the world, and I am coming to You. “Holy Father, keep them in Your name which You have given to me, so that they may be one just as we are.

12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you gave to me. I watched over them so that no one was lost except the ‘son of the lost,’ so Scripture was fulfilled.

While I was with them in the world I kept them in Your name. I protected those whom You gave me, and not one of them was lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

13 Now I'm coming to you, and I say these things while I am still here in the world so they may share completely in my joy.

But now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full in them.

14 I gave them your message, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I'm not of the world.

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

15 I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but for you to protect them from the evil one.

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

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

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

17 Make them holy by the truth; your word is truth.

Sanctify them by Your Truth; Your Word is Truth.

18 Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

Just as You sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19 I dedicate myself for them so that they may also be truly holy.

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

20 I'm not only praying for them, I'm also praying for those who trust in me because of their message.

“I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe into me through their word;

21 I pray that they all may be one, just as you, Father, live in me, and I live in you, so that they too may live in us so that the world will believe you did send me.

that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in me and I in You; that in Us they also may be one, so that the world may believe that You sent me.

22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

In fact, the glory that You gave to me I have given to them, so that they may be one just as We are one:

23 I live in them, and you live in me. May they be completely one, so the whole world will know that you did send me, and that you love them, just as you love me.

I in them and You in me, so that they may be perfected into one; also so that the world may know that You sent me, and have loved them just as You have loved me.

24 Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so they can see the glory which you gave to me—for you loved me before the world was created.

“Father, those whom You have given to me, I desire that they also may be with me where I am, so that they may observe my glory, which You have given me, because You loved me before the founding of the world.

25 Good Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these here with me know that you sent me.

Righteous Father! Indeed the world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent me.

26 I have revealed your character to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me will be in them, and I will live in them.”

Yes, I have made Your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which You have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”