I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
- KJV And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
- NKJV Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
- NASB I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
As Jesus returns to the Father, he asks him to keep the disciples in his name so that they may be one as the Father and Son are one. He prays for their protection and unity.
Overview
Jesus, about to leave the world, entrusts his disciples to the Father's keeping power. He addresses God as 'Holy Father,' fitting for a prayer about being kept from sin and the world. The unity he seeks is modeled on the perfect oneness of Father and Son. This intercession assures the church that its preservation and unity rest on God's own faithfulness.
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- Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- John 17:12–18While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
- John 17:21–22that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- John 10:29–30My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Heb 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Eph 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
- Phil 2:9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
- 1 Cor 12:12–13The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- John 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- John 13:1It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- Rom 15:5–6Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
- 1 Jn 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
- 1 Pet 1:15–17But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Jas 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
- Isa 64:2as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
- Ps 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
- Jer 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Acts 1:9–11After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
- Jer 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Matt 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Isa 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
- Ezek 20:22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
- Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
- Rom 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Ezek 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Rom 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
- John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 7:33So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
- John 15:18–21If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Matt 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Ps 17:8–9Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- 1 Pet 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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