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I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

I {G1473} pray {G2065} for {G4012} them {G846}: I pray {G2065} not {G3756} for {G4012} the world {G2889}, but {G235} for {G4012} them which {G3739} thou hast given {G1325} me {G3427}; for {G3754} they are {G1526} thine {G4674}.

“I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given to me, because they are yours.

I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 9:24 (18 votes)

    For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • John 17:2 (16 votes)

    As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  • John 17:6 (10 votes)

    I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  • Luke 22:32 (8 votes)

    But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

  • John 17:20 (8 votes)

    Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

  • John 14:16 (7 votes)

    And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

  • 1 John 5:19 (7 votes)

    [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.