The Gospel according to John

John 17

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JOHN 17:1

TWMC

After saying these things, Jesus looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the time has come. Glorify Your Son so that Your Son may glorify You.

KJV

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

Greek

Ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐπῆρεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ εἶπεν, Πάτερ, ἐλήλυθεν ἡ ὥρα∙ δόξασόν σου τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα καὶ ὁ υἱός σου δοξάσῃ σε∙

Romanized Greek

Tauta elalēsen ho Iēsous, kai epēren tous ophthalmous autou eis ton ouranon, kai eipen, Pater, elēlythen hē hōra; doxason sou ton huion, hina kai ho huios sou doxasē se;

JOHN 17:2

TWMC

You have given Him authority over all humanity so that He may give eternal life to everyone You have given Him.

KJV

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

Greek

καθὼς ἔδωκας αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν πάσης σαρκός, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκας αὐτῷ, δώσει αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Romanized Greek

kathōs edōkas autō exousian pasēs sarkos, hina pan ho dedōkas autō, dōsei autois zōēn aiōnion.

JOHN 17:3

TWMC

And this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the One You sent.

KJV

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Greek

Αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσίν σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν, καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν χριστόν.

Romanized Greek

Hautē de estin hē aiōnios zōē, hina ginōskōsin se ton monon alēthinon theon, kai hon apesteilas Iēsoun christon.

JOHN 17:4

TWMC

I have glorified You here on earth. I have completed the work You gave Me to do.

KJV

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

Greek

Ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς∙ τὸ ἔργον ἐτελείωσα ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω.

Romanized Greek

Egō se edoxasa epi tēs gēs; to ergon eteleiōsa ho dedōkas moi hina poiēsō.

JOHN 17:5

TWMC

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I shared with You before the world existed.

KJV

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Greek

Καὶ νῦν δόξασόν με σύ, πάτερ, παρὰ σεαυτῷ τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι παρὰ σοί.

Romanized Greek

Kai nyn doxason me sy, pater, para seautō tē doxē hē eichon pro tou ton kosmon einai para soi.

JOHN 17:6

TWMC

I have revealed who You are to the people You gave Me out of the world. They belonged to You, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

KJV

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.

Greek

Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς δέδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου∙ σοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἐμοὶ αὐτοὺς δέδωκας∙ καὶ τὸν λόγον σου τετηρήκασιν.

Romanized Greek

Ephanerōsa sou to onoma tois anthrōpois hous dedōkas moi ek tou kosmou; soi ēsan, kai emoi autous dedōkas; kai ton logon sou tetērēkasin.

JOHN 17:7

TWMC

Now they understand that everything You have given Me comes from You.

KJV

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

Greek

Νῦν ἔγνωκαν ὅτι πάντα ὅσα δέδωκάς μοι, παρὰ σοῦ ἐστιν∙

Romanized Greek

Nyn egnōkan hoti panta hosa dedōkas moi, para sou estin;

JOHN 17:8

TWMC

I gave them the words You gave Me. They received them and truly understood that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

KJV

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Greek

ὅτι τὰ ῥήματα ἃ δέδωκάς μοι, δέδωκα αὐτοῖς∙ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλαβον, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ἀληθῶς ὅτι παρὰ σοῦ ἐξῆλθον, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας.

Romanized Greek

hoti ta rhēmata ha dedōkas moi, dedōka autois; kai autoi elabon, kai egnōsan alēthōs hoti para sou exēlthon, kai episteusan hoti sy me apesteilas.

JOHN 17:9

TWMC

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world in the same way, but for those You have given Me, because they belong to You.

KJV

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

Greek

Ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐρωτῶ∙ οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧν δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι σοί εἰσιν∙

Romanized Greek

Egō peri autōn erōtō; ou peri tou kosmou erōtō, alla peri hōn dedōkas moi, hoti soi eisin;

JOHN 17:10

TWMC

Everything that is Mine is Yours, and everything that is Yours is Mine, and I have been glorified through them.

KJV

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

Greek

καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ πάντα σά ἐστιν, καὶ τὰ σὰ ἐμά∙ καὶ δεδόξασμαι ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Romanized Greek

kai ta ema panta sa estin, kai ta sa ema; kai dedoxasmai en autois.

JOHN 17:11

TWMC

I am no longer remaining in the world, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect the people You have given Me by the power of Your name, so that they may be one just as We are one.

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.

Greek

Καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ οὗτοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰσίν, καὶ ἐγὼ πρός σε ἔρχομαι. Πάτερ ἅγιε, τήρησον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ᾧ δέδωκάς μοι, ἵνα ὦσιν ἕν, καθὼς ἡμεῖς.

Romanized Greek

Kai ouketi eimi en tō kosmō, kai houtoi en tō kosmō eisin, kai egō pros se erchomai. Pater hagie, tērēson autous en tō onomati sou, hō dedōkas moi, hina ōsin hen, kathōs hēmeis.

JOHN 17:12

TWMC

While I was with them in the world, I protected them in Your name. I guarded those You gave Me, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

KJV

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Greek

Ὅτε ἤμην μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἐγὼ ἐτήρουν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου∙ οὓς δέδωκάς μοι, ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο, εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ.

Romanized Greek

Hote ēmēn met’ autōn en tō kosmō, egō etēroun autous en tō onomati sou; hous dedōkas moi, ephylaxa, kai oudeis ex autōn apōleto, ei mē ho huios tēs apōleias, hina hē graphē plērōthē.

JOHN 17:13

TWMC

Now I am coming to You. I say these things while I am still in the world so that they may have My joy made complete within them.

KJV

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

Greek

Νῦν δὲ πρός σε ἔρχομαι, καὶ ταῦτα λαλῶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἵνα ἔχωσιν τὴν χαρὰν τὴν ἐμὴν πεπληρωμένην ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Romanized Greek

Nyn de pros se erchomai, kai tauta lalō en tō kosmō, hina echōsin tēn charan tēn emēn peplērōmenēn en autois.

JOHN 17:14

TWMC

I have given them Your word. The world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

KJV

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Greek

Ἐγὼ δέδωκα αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον σου, καὶ ὁ κόσμος ἐμίσησεν αὐτούς, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.

Romanized Greek

Egō dedōka autois ton logon sou, kai ho kosmos emisēsen autous, hoti ouk eisin ek tou kosmou, kathōs egō ouk eimi ek tou kosmou.

JOHN 17:15

TWMC

I am not asking You to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the evil one.

KJV

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Greek

Οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, ἀλλ’ ἵνα τηρήσῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ.

Romanized Greek

Ouk erōtō hina arēs autous ek tou kosmou, all’ hina tērēsēs autous ek tou ponērou.

JOHN 17:16

TWMC

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

KJV

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Greek

Ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσίν, καθὼς ἐγὼ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰμί.

Romanized Greek

Ek tou kosmou ouk eisin, kathōs egō ek tou kosmou ouk eimi.

JOHN 17:17

TWMC

Set them apart for Yourself through the truth. Your word is truth.

KJV

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Greek

Ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου∙ ὁ λόγος ὁ σὸς ἀλήθειά ἐστιν.

Romanized Greek

Hagiason autous en tē alētheia sou; ho logos ho sos alētheia estin.

JOHN 17:18

TWMC

Just as You sent Me into the world, I am sending them into the world.

KJV

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

Greek

Καθὼς ἐμὲ ἀπέστειλας εἰς τὸν κόσμον, κἀγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν κόσμον.

Romanized Greek

Kathōs eme apesteilas eis ton kosmon, kagō apesteila autous eis ton kosmon.

JOHN 17:19

TWMC

For their sake, I set Myself apart completely for the work You have given Me, so that they also may be truly set apart for You.

KJV

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Greek

Καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ὦσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

Romanized Greek

Kai hyper autōn egō hagiazō emauton, hina kai autoi ōsin hēgiasmenoi en alētheia.

JOHN 17:20

TWMC

I am not praying only for these disciples. I am also praying for everyone who will believe in Me through their message,

KJV

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

Greek

Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ∙

Romanized Greek

Ou peri toutōn de erōtō monon, alla kai peri tōn pisteuontōn dia tou logou autōn eis eme;

JOHN 17:21

TWMC

so that all of them may be one. Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You, may they also be one in Us so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

KJV

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Greek

ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν∙ καθὼς σύ, πάτερ, ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν σοί, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ἓν ὦσιν∙ ἵνα ὁ κόσμος πιστεύσῃ ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας.

Romanized Greek

hina pantes hen ōsin; kathōs sy, pater, en emoi, kagō en soi, hina kai autoi en hēmin hen ōsin; hina ho kosmos pisteusē hoti sy me apesteilas.

JOHN 17:22

TWMC

I have given them the glory You gave Me so that they may be one just as We are one:

KJV

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

Greek

Καὶ ἐγὼ τὴν δόξαν ἣν δέδωκάς μοι, δέδωκα αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ὦσιν ἕν, καθὼς ἡμεῖς ἕν ἐσμεν.

Romanized Greek

Kai egō tēn doxan hēn dedōkas moi, dedōka autois, hina ōsin hen, kathōs hēmeis hen esmen.

JOHN 17:23

TWMC

I in them and You in Me, so that they may be brought into complete unity. Then the world may know that You sent Me and that You have loved them just as You have loved Me.

KJV

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Greek

Ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν, καὶ ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας, καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτούς, καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας.

Romanized Greek

Egō en autois, kai sy en emoi, hina ōsin teteleiōmenoi eis hen, kai hina ginōskē ho kosmos hoti sy me apesteilas, kai ēgapēsas autous, kathōs eme ēgapēsas.

JOHN 17:24

TWMC

Father, I desire that those You have given Me will be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory—the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

KJV

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Greek

Πάτερ, οὓς δέδωκάς μοι, θέλω ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ κἀκεῖνοι ὦσιν μετ’ ἐμοῦ∙ ἵνα θεωρῶσιν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἐμὴν ἣν ἔδωκάς μοι, ὅτι ἠγάπησάς με πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου.

Romanized Greek

Pater, hous dedōkas moi, thelō hina hopou eimi egō kakeinoi ōsin met’ emou; hina theōrōsin tēn doxan tēn emēn hēn edōkas moi, hoti ēgapēsas me pro katabolēs kosmou.

JOHN 17:25

TWMC

Righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I know You, and these disciples know that You sent Me.

KJV

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Greek

Πάτερ δίκαιε, καὶ ὁ κόσμος σε οὐκ ἔγνω, ἐγὼ δέ σε ἔγνων, καὶ οὗτοι ἔγνωσαν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας∙

Romanized Greek

Pater dikaie, kai ho kosmos se ouk egnō, egō de se egnōn, kai houtoi egnōsan hoti sy me apesteilas;

JOHN 17:26

TWMC

I have made Your name and character known to them, and I will continue making You known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I may be in them.”

KJV

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Greek

καὶ ἐγνώρισα αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ γνωρίσω∙ ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη, ἣν ἠγάπησάς με, ἐν αὐτοῖς ᾖ, κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Romanized Greek

kai egnōrisa autois to onoma sou, kai gnōrisō; hina hē agapē, hēn ēgapēsas me, en autois ē, kagō en autois.