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

7Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you, 8because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them. 11I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

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 14:16Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever –
• John 16:26At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
• Luke 22:32but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
• Luke 8:34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.
• Hebrews 7:25So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
• Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation of the true sanctuary – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
• 1 John 2:1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
• Revelation 12:9So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
• Revelation 13:8and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
• Revelation 20:15If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown 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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• Atonement
• Christ, Offices of
• Holy Spirit
• Intercession
• Intercession of Christ

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