John 17:9

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 17:9 in other translations

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

John 17:9 · American Standard Version

John 17:9 in context

  1. 7Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,
  2. 8for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
  3. 9I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
  4. 10All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
  5. 11I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.