John 17:9 · KJV
“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.”
— John 17:9
For 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.
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
John 17 — Context
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8For 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.
9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11And 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}.
Cross References
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, {which are} the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
John 17:6
I 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.
Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
1 John 5:19
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1 John 2:1-2
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
John 17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;