Boys Life Application Study Bible Gospel of John Sampler - Flipbook - Page 97
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25 “I have spoken of these matters in
figures of speech, but soon I will stop
speaking figuratively and will tell you
plainly all about the Father. 26 Then you
will ask in my name. I’m not saying I will
ask the Father on your behalf, 27 for the
Father himself loves you dearly because
you love me and believe that I came from
God.* 28 Yes, I came from the Father into
the world, and now I will leave the world
and return to the Father.”
29 Then his disciples said, “At last you
are speaking plainly and not figuratively.
30 Now we understand that you know
everything, and there’s no need to question you. From this we believe that you
came from God.”
31 Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe?
32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s
here now—when you will be scattered,
each one going his own way, leaving me
alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. 33 I have told you all this
so that you may have peace in me. Here
on earth you will have many trials and
sorrows. But take heart, because I have
overcome the world.”
THE PRAYER OF JESUS
17
After saying all these things, J esus
looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son
so he can give glory back to you. 2 For you
have given him authority over everyone.
He gives eternal life to each one you have
given him. 3 And this is the way to have
eternal life—to know you, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent
to earth. 4 I brought glory to you here on
earth by completing the work you gave
me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the
glory we shared before the world began.
6 “I have revealed you* to the ones
you gave me from this world. They were
THE WORLD: IN IT BUT NOT OF IT
(17:15-18) Jesus didn’t ask God to take believers
out of the world but instead to use them in the
world. In the same way, we’re called to be salt and
light (Matthew 5:13-16)—to make a difference for
Christ in the world. Some of us, however, would
have to admit that we have no trouble blending
into the world. In fact, we blend in so well that
no one can distinguish our actions from those of
non-Christians! If so, perhaps we could make Jesus’
prayer ours: “Make [us] holy by your truth; teach
[us] your word, which is truth.”
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always yours. You gave them to me, and
they have kept your word. 7 Now they
know that everything I have is a gift from
you, 8 for I have passed on to them the
message you gave me. They accepted it
and know that I came from you, and they
believe you sent me.
9 “My prayer is not for the world, but
for those you have given me, because
they belong to you. 10 All who are mine
belong to you, and you have given them
to me, so they bring me glory. 11 Now I
am departing from the world; they are
staying in this world, but I am coming to
you. Holy Father, you have given me your
name;* now protect them by the power
of your name so that they will be united
just as we are. 12 During my time here, I
protected them by the power of the name
you gave me.* I guarded them so that not
one was lost, except the one headed for
destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them
many things while I was with them in this
world so they would be filled with my joy.
14 I have given them your word. And the
world hates them because they do not
belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to
take them out of the world, but to keep
them safe from the evil one. 16 They do
not belong to this world any more than I
do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach
them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as
you sent me into the world, I am sending
them into the world. 19 And I give myself
as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be
made holy by your truth.
20 “I am praying not only for these
disciples but also for all who will ever
believe in me through their message.
21 I pray that they will all be one, just as
you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be
in us so that the world will believe you
sent me.
22 “I have given them the glory you
gave me, so they may be one as we are
one. 23 I am in them and you are in me.
May they experience such perfect unity
that the world will know that you sent
16:27 Some manuscripts read from the Father.
17:6 Greek have revealed your name; also in 17:26.
17:11 Some manuscripts read you have given me these
[disciples].
17:12 Some manuscripts read I protected
those you gave me, by the power of your name.
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