John 17John17

King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Prayer for the Son

2. 1KJVThese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:BSBBSB: 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.
3. 2KJVAs thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.BSBBSB: For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
4. 3KJVAnd this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.BSBBSB: Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
5. 4KJVI have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.BSBBSB: I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
6. 5KJVAnd now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.BSBBSB: And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

7. Prayer for the Disciples

8. 6KJVI have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.BSBBSB: 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.
9. 7KJVNow they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.BSBBSB: Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.
10. 8KJVFor I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 9KJVI pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 10KJVAnd all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.BSBBSB: All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
13. 11KJVAnd now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.BSBBSB: 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.
14. 12KJVWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.BSBBSB: 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.
15. 13KJVAnd now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.BSBBSB: 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.
16. 14KJVI 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.BSBBSB: 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.
17. 15KJVI pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.BSBBSB: I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
18. 16KJVThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.BSBBSB: They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
19. 17KJVSanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.BSBBSB: Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
20. 18KJVAs thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.BSBBSB: As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
21. 19KJVAnd for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.BSBBSB: For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

22. Prayer for All Believers

23. 20KJVNeither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;BSBBSB: I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
24. 21KJVThat they all may be one; as thou, 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.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 22KJVAnd the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:BSBBSB: I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
26. 23KJVI 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.BSBBSB: 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.
27. 24KJVFather, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, 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.BSBBSB: 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.
28. 25KJVO righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.BSBBSB: Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
29. 26KJVAnd I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.BSBBSB: 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.”