John 17:9
John 17:6-12 The Message (MSG)
I spelled out your character in detail To the men and women you gave me. They were yours in the first place; Then you gave them to me, And they have now done what you said. They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt, That everything you gave me is firsthand from you, For the message you gave me, I gave them; And they took it, and were convinced That I came from you. They believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I’m not praying for the God-rejecting world But for those you gave me, For they are yours by right. Everything mine is yours, and yours mine, And my life is on display in them. For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world; They’ll continue in the world While I return to you. Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life That you conferred as a gift through me, So they can be one heart and mind As we are one heart and mind. As long as I was with them, I guarded them In the pursuit of the life you gave through me; I even posted a lookout. And not one of them got away, Except for the rebel bent on destruction (the exception that proved the rule of Scripture). * * *
John 17:9 King James Version (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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours
John 17:9 New Century Version (NCV)
I am praying for them. I am not praying for people in the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours.
John 17:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 New International Version (NIV)
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
John 17:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
John 17:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I pray for them; I do not pray for the world, but for those You have given Me, because they belong to You
John 17:9 New Living Translation (NLT)
“My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.