John 17

1 After Jesus said those things, he looked [up] toward heaven. Then he prayed, “[My] Father, it is now the time [MTY] [for me to suffer and die]. Honor me [as I do that], in order that I may honor you.

When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, ---"Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify Thee:

2 You gave me authority over all people, in order that I might enable all those whom you chose [to come] to me to live eternally. (aiōnios g166)

as Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that as to all which Thou hast given Him, He might give them eternal life; (aiōnios g166)

3 [The way for people] to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that [I], Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent. (aiōnios g166)

and this is life eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. (aiōnios g166)

4 I have honored you here on this earth by completing all the work that you gave me to do.

I have glorified Thee on earth, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do:

5 [My] Father, now honor me when I am with you [again], by causing me to have the greatness I had when I was with you before the world began.”

and now, O Father, glorify Thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.

6 “I have revealed [what] you [are like] to the people whom you brought to me from among those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Those [who came to me] belonged to you, and you brought them to me. Now they have obeyed your message.

I have manifested thy name to the men, whom Thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and Thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me, [your message and your work], comes from you.

They now know that all things whatsoever Thou hast given me, are indeed from Thee;

8 I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me.

for the instructions, which Thou gavest me, I have given to them: and they have received them, and have known of a truth that I came from Thee, and have believed that thou hast sent me.

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for those [who do not belong to you] [MTY]. Instead, [I am praying] for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom Thou hast given me, for they are thine.

10 All [the disciples] that I have belong to you, and all those who belong to you also belong to me. They have shown how great I am.

And all my concerns are thine, and thine are mine: and I am therefore glorified in them.

11 I will not be [staying] in the world any longer. I will be coming back to you. They, however, will be [here] in the world [among those who are opposed to you]. [My] Holy Father, protect them from spiritual harm by your power [MTY], the power that you gave me, in order that they may be united as we are united.

And as I am to be no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to Thee, Holy Father, keep by thy name those whom Thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

12 While I have been with them, I have [completely] protected them by the power [MTY] that you gave me. As a result, only one of them will be eternally separated from you. He is the one who was doomed to be eternally separated from you. [That has happened] to fulfill [what a prophet wrote] in the Scriptures [would happen].

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; I have preserved those whom Thou gavest me, and none of them is lost; except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

13 [Father], now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still [here] in the world in order that my [disciples] may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful.

But now I am coming to Thee, and I speak these things in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.

14 I have given them your message. As a result, those who are opposed to you [MTY] have hated them, because [my disciples] do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY], just like I do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY].

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.

15 I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from [Satan], the evil one.

I do not pray that Thou wouldest take them out of the world, but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil.

16 They do not belong to those who are opposed to you [MTY], just like I also do not belong to them.

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

17 Set [my disciples] apart so that they may (completely belong to/serve) you, by [enabling them to live in accordance with] what is true. Your message is true.

Sanctify them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

18 Just like you sent me here into this world, now I surely will be sending them [to other places] in [MTY] the world.

As Thou hast sent me into the world, so have I also sent them into the world.

19 I dedicate myself to completely belong to you, in order that they also may truly be dedicated {dedicate themselves} completely to you.”

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

20 “I am praying not only for these [eleven disciples]. I am praying also for those who [will] believe in me as a result of [hearing] their message.

Nor do I pray for these only, but for them also that shall believe on me through their word.

21 [My] Father, [I want] all of them to be united, just like I am united with you because of my relationship with you, and as you are united with me because of your relationship with me. I also want them to be united with us. [I want that to happen] so that those who do not know you [MTY] may know that you sent me.

That they all may be one, as Thou, O 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.

22 I have honored my disciples just like you honored me, in order that they may be united, as we are united.

And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one.

23 I want them to be united just like they are united with me and as you are united with me. May they be completely united, in order that those who do not belong to you [MTY] may know that you sent me and that you have loved them just like you have loved me.

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.

24 [My] Father, I want [the disciples] you have brought to me to [some day] be with me [in heaven], where I will be. I want them to see my greatness. I want them to see the greatness you gave me because you loved me. You gave me that greatness before you created the world.

Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may 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.

25 [My] righteous Father, although the people who do not belong to you [MTY] do not know what you [are like], I know what you [are like], and my disciples know that you sent me.

O righteous Father, the world indeed hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent me.

26 I have revealed to them [what] you [are like], and I will continue to reveal to them [what] you [are like]. I will do that in order that they may love [others] just like you love me, and in order that I may be in them [by my Spirit].”

And I have made known to them thy name, and will farther make it known; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I also in them.