JOHN Chapter 17

Jesus Prays For Himself

After Jesus said this, He looked toward Heaven and prayed:

'Father, the time has come.

Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may Glorify you.

2 For you granted Him Authority over All People

That He might give Eternal LIFE

To All those You have given Him.

3 NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE:

THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD,

AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.

4 I have brought You Glory on Earth

By completing the Work You gave Me to do.

5 AND NOW, FATHER, GLORIFY ME IN YOUR PRESENCE

WITH THE GLORY I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN.

Jesus Prays For His Disciples

6 'I have revealed You

To those whom You gave me out of the World.

They were Yours; You gave them to Me

And they have Obeyed Your Word.

7 Now they know

That Everything You have given Me Comes from You.

8 For I gave them the Words You gave Me

And they Accepted them.

They knew with Certainty that I came from You,

And they believed that You sent Me.

9 I AM NOT PRAYING FOR THE WORLD,

BUT FOR THOSE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME,

FOR THEY ARE YOURS.

10 ALL I HAVE IS YOURS AND ALL YOU HAVE IS MINE.

AND GLORY HAS COME TO ME THROUGH THEM.

11 I will remain in the World No Longer,

But they are still in the World,

And I am coming to You.

HOLY FATHER, PROTECT THEM BY THE POWER OF YOUR NAME--

THE NAME YOU GAVE ME--

SO THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE.

12 While I was with them

I Protected them and kept them Safe

BY THE NAME YOU GAVE ME.

None has been lost except the one doomed to Destruction

So that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 I am coming to You now,

But I say these things while I am still in the World,

So that they may have the Full Measure of My Joy within them.

14 I HAVE GIVEN THEM YOUR WORLD

AND THE WORLD HAS HATED THEM,

FOR THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD

ANY MORE THAN I AM OF THE WORLD.

15 My Prayer is not that You take them out of the World,

But that You Protect them from the Evil One.

16 THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF IT.

17 SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH;

YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.

18 AS YOU SENT ME INTO THE WORLD,

I HAVE SENT THEM INTO THE WORLD.

19 For them I Sanctify Myself,

That they too may be truly Sanctified.

Jesus Prays For All Believers

20 'My Prayer is not for them alone.

I Pray also for those who will believe in Me

Through their Message,

21 THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER,

JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU.

MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US

SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.

22 I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME,

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE;

I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME.

MAY THEY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY

TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME

AND HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME.

24 'Father, I want those You have given Me

To be with Me where I am,

And to see My Glory, the Glory You have given Me

Because You loved Me before the Creation of the World.

25 'Righteous Father,

thought the World does not know You, I know You,

And they know that You have sent Me.

26 I HAVE MADE YOU KNOWN TO THEM,

AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU KNOWN

IN ORDER THAT THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR ME

MAY BE IN THEM

AND THAT I MYSELF MAY BE IN THEM.'

(John 17:1-26)

Realize that in Heaven All are ONE--

Perfectly One.

The Bride of Christ in every generation sought to be One

With her Bridegroom, Christ Jesus,

Through the Power of the Spirit.

The only Hope that exists on this Earth

Is Christ in us our Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)

There is No Other Hope--

Christ living In and Through those who belong to Him.