John 17

¹Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

²Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

³And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

⁴I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

⁵And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

⁶I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

⁷Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:

⁸Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

⁹My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

¹⁰(All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.

¹¹And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

¹²While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.