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“I have
told you all this
so that you
may have
peace
Here on
in me.
EARTH
you will have many
trials & sorrows.
But take
heart,
because I have
OVERCOME
the world. ”
John 16:33
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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, leav
ing 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
After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Fa
ther, 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
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 me and that you love them as
much as you love me. 24 Father, I want these whom you have given me to be
with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you
loved me even before the world began!
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these
disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will con
tinue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
17
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.
