John 17

1 When Jesus finished saying this he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you.

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heavenwards, and said: ‘Father, the hour has come; honour your Son, so that your Son may honour you;

2 For you gave him authority over all people so that he might give eternal life to all those you have given to him. (aiōnios g166)

even as you gave him power over all humanity, so that he should give eternal life to everyone you have given him. (aiōnios g166)

3 Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent. (aiōnios g166)

And the eternal life is this – to know you the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent as your messenger. (aiōnios g166)

4 I have brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

I have honoured you on earth by completing the work which you have given me to do;

5 Now Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the beginning of the world.

and now do you honour me, Father, at your own side, with the honour which I had at your side before the world began.

6 I have revealed your character to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you; you gave them to me; and they have done what you said.

I have revealed you to those whom you gave me from the world; they were your own, and you gave them to me; and they have laid your message to heart.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.

They recognise now that everything that you gave me was from you;

8 I have given them the message that you gave me. They accepted it, completely convinced that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

for I have given them the teaching which you gave me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from you, and they believed that you have sent me as your messenger.

9 I'm praying for them—not for the world, but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are your own –

10 All who belong to me are yours, and those who belong to you are mine, and I have been glorified through them.

All that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine – and I am honoured in them.

11 I am leaving the world, but they will remain in the world; I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name, the name that you gave to me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to you. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of your name which you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are.

12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you gave to me. I watched over them so that no one was lost except the ‘son of the lost,’ so Scripture was fulfilled.

While I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul – in fulfilment of scripture.

13 Now I'm coming to you, and I say these things while I am still here in the world so they may share completely in my joy.

But now I am to come to you; and I am speaking like this, while still in the world, so that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.

14 I gave them your message, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I'm not of the world.

I have given them your message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

15 I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but for you to protect them from the evil one.

I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.

16 They are not of the world, just as I'm not of the world.

They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

17 Make them holy by the truth; your word is truth.

Consecrate them by the truth; your message is truth.

18 Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

Just as you have sent me as your messenger to the world, so I send them as my messengers to the world.

19 I dedicate myself for them so that they may also be truly holy.

And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

20 I'm not only praying for them, I'm also praying for those who trust in me because of their message.

But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who believe in me through their message,

21 I pray that they all may be one, just as you, Father, live in me, and I live in you, so that they too may live in us so that the world will believe you did send me.

that they all may be one – that as you, Father, are in union with us – and so the world may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.

22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

I have given them the honour which you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one –

23 I live in them, and you live in me. May they be completely one, so the whole world will know that you did send me, and that you love them, just as you love me.

I in union with them and you with me – so that they may be perfected in their union, and so that the world may know that you have sent me as your messenger, and that you have loved them as you have loved me.

24 Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so they can see the glory which you gave to me—for you loved me before the world was created.

Father, my desire for all those whom you have given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honour which you have given me; for you did love me before the beginning of the world.

25 Good Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these here with me know that you sent me.

Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you; and these people knew that you have sent me as your messenger.

26 I have revealed your character to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me will be in them, and I will live in them.”

I have made you known to them, and will do so still; that the love that you have had for me may be in their hearts, and that I may be in them also.’