B.
Life's prayer
17:1-26
1.
The Son to be glorified that the Father may be glorified
vv. 1-5
John 17
:1
17:1
These things Jesus spoke, and
alifting up His eyes to heaven, He said,
bFather, the hour has come;
1cglorify Your Son that the Son may
dglorify You;
John 17
:2
17:2
Even as
1You have given Him
aauthority over all flesh to give
2eternal blife to all whom You have
cgiven Him.
John 17
:3
17:3
And this is
1eternal life, that they may
aknow You, the only
btrue God, and Him whom You have
2csent, Jesus
dChrist.
John 17
:4
17:4
I have
1glorified You on earth, finishing the
awork which You have given Me to do.
John 17
:5
17:5
And now,
1aglorify Me along with Yourself, Father, with the
bglory which I had
cwith You
dbefore the world was.
2.
The believers to be built up into one
vv. 6-24
a.
In the Father's name by the eternal life
vv. 6-13
John 17
:6
17:6
I have manifested
1Your aname to the men whom You
bgave Me out of the world. They were
cYours, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your
2word.
John 17
:7
17:7
Now they have come to know that all that You have given Me is from You,
John 17
:8
17:8
For the
awords which You gave Me I have
bgiven to them, and they received
them and knew truly that I
ccame forth
1from You, and they have believed that You
dsent Me.
John 17
:9
17:9
I aask concerning them; I do not ask concerning the world, but concerning
those whom You have
bgiven Me, for they are
cYours;
John 17
:10
17:10
And all that is Mine is Yours, and
aYours Mine; and I have been
1glorified 2in them.
John 17
:11
17:11
And I am no longer in the world; yet they are
ain the world, and I am
bcoming to You.
1Holy Father,
ckeep them
2in Your
dname, which You have given to Me, that they may be
eone even as We are.
John 17
:12
17:12
When I was with them, I
akept them in Your
bname, which You have given to Me, and I guarded
them; and
cnot one of them
1dperished, except the
eson of perdition, that the
fScripture might be fulfilled.
John 17
:13
17:13
But now I am
acoming to You, and these things I speak in the world that they may have My
bjoy made full in themselves.
b.
In the Triune God through sanctification by the holy word
vv. 14-21
John 17
:14
17:14
I have
agiven them Your
1word, and the
2world has
bhated them, because they are
cnot 3of the world even as
dI am not
3of the world.
John 17
:15
17:15
I do not ask that You would take them out of the world, but that You would
akeep them
1out of
the hands of the
2bevil one.
John 17
:16
17:16
They are
anot of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17
:17
17:17
1aSanctify them
2in the truth; Your
3word is truth.
John 17
:18
17:18
As You have
asent Me into the world, I also have
1bsent them into the world.
John 17
:19
17:19
And for their sake I
1sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be
asanctified in truth.
John 17
:20
17:20
And I do not
aask concerning these only, but concerning those also who believe into Me through their word,
John 17
:21
17:21
That they all may be
1aone; even as You, Father, are
bin Me and I
cin You, that they also may be
din Us; that the
eworld may believe that You have
fsent Me.
c.
In the divine glory for the expression of the Triune God
vv. 22-24
John 17
:22
17:22
And the
1aglory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be
2bone, even as We are
cone;
John 17
:23
17:23
I ain them, and You
bin Me, that they may be perfected into
cone, that the world may know that You have
dsent Me and have
1loved them even as You have
eloved Me.
John 17
:24
17:24
Father,
concerning that which You have
agiven Me, I desire that they also may
1be with Me
bwhere I am, that they may behold My
cglory, which You have given Me, for You
dloved Me
ebefore the foundation of the world.
3.
The Father to be shown righteous in loving the Son and His believers
vv. 25-26
John 17
:25
17:25
1Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, yet I have
aknown You, and these have known that You have
bsent Me.
John 17
:26
17:26
And I have made Your
aname known to them and will
yet make
it known, that the
1blove with which You have
bloved Me may be in them, and I
cin them.
