John 17:9

John 17:9 in other versions

• 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.
• 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
• 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.

Context of John 17:9

7Everything that I have comes from you. Now they know that you gave me everything. 8I gave to them the message that you gave to me. They accepted that message. They know certainly that I came from you. They believe that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the people who belong to this world. No, I am praying for those people that you have given to me. I am praying for them because they are yours. 10Everything that I have is yours. And everything that you have is mine. These people have shown how great I am. 11I will not remain in the world any longer. I will return to you now. But they will still be here in the world. Holy Father, please keep them safe in your name. That is the powerful name that you gave to me. Then they can be united in the same way that you and I are united.

John 17:9 word by word

Ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐρωτῶ· οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧν δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι σοί εἰσιν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• prayἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• forπερίperi · aboutG4012
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• them whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hast givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thineσόςsos · yourG4674

Cross-references for John 17:9

• John 14:16I will ask the Father to help you with this. He will send another Helper to be with you. That Helper will stay with you for ever.
• John 16:26When that day arrives, you yourselves will ask the Father in my name. I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
• Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will continue to believe in me. And this is what you must do: When you have turned back to me, you must help your brothers to be strong again.’
• Luke 8:34The men who were taking care of the pigs saw this happen. They ran away. They told the people in the town and in the villages what had happened.
• Hebrews 7:25Jesus is always alive and he asks God to help his people. So he can completely save everyone who believes in him. He will lead them to God.
• Hebrews 9:24Christ did not go into a holy place that people had made on earth. A place like that is only a picture of the true place in heaven. No, Christ went into heaven itself, where God is. Now he is there with God and he speaks to God on our behalf.
• 1 John 2:1I am writing this letter to you, my friends who are like my little children. I am writing to you because I do not want you to do wrong things. But if anyone among you does something wrong, there is someone who will speak to God on our behalf. That person is Jesus Christ, who always does only what is right. He will ask our Father God to forgive you.
• 1 John 5:19We know that we belong to God. We know that Satan rules all the people who belong to this world.
• Revelation 12:9Michael and his angels threw the great dragon out of heaven. The dragon is called the Devil or Satan. He is the snake who has been there since long ago. He tells lies to deceive the whole world. They threw him down to the earth, together with all his angels.
• Revelation 13:8Nearly all the people who live on the earth will worship the wild animal. But those people whose names are in the Lamb's book of life will not worship it. The Lamb wrote the names of these believers in his book from the beginning of the world. He is the Lamb that people killed as a sacrifice.
• Revelation 20:15If anyone's name was not written in the book of life, God threw that person into the lake of fire.

Commentaries on John 17:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I pray not for the world - I am not yet come to that part of my intercession: see John 17:20. I am now wholly employed for my disciples, that they may be properly qualified to preach my salvation to the ends of the earth. Jesus here imitates the high priest, the second part of whose prayer, on the day of expiation, was for the priests, the sons of Aaron: see on John 17:1; (note). These words may also be understood as applying to the rebellious Jews. God's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I pray for them - In view of their dangers and trials, he sought the protection and blessing of God on them. His prayer was always answered. Not for the world - The term world here, as elsewhere, refers to wicked, rebellious, vicious men. The meaning of this expression here seems to be this: Jesus is praying for his disciples. As a reason why God should bless them, he says that they were not of the world; that they had been taken out of the world; that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 Christ prays for those that are his. Thou gavest them me, as sheep to the shepherd, to be kept; as a patient to the physician, to be cured; as children to a tutor, to be taught: thus he will deliver up his charge. It is a great satisfaction to us, in our reliance upon Christ, that he, all he is and has, and all he said and did, all he is doing and will do, are of God. Christ offered this prayer for his people alone as believers; not for the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-19Jesus prayed for his disciples, who must continue his work after his departure.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-149-14. I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20). not for the world--for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.Read the comment

Topics related to John 17:9

• Jesus Continued
• Prayer
• Predestination

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
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• Christ, Offices of
• Holy Spirit
• Intercession
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Commentaries on John 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings