Read John 17:6-19
6 “I have made you known to those
you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me.
They have obeyed your word, 7and now they know that everything you
gave me comes from you. 8I gave them the message that you gave me,
and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they
believe that you sent me.
9 “I pray for them. I do not pray
for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you. 10All
I have is yours, and all you have is mine; and my glory is shown through them. 11And
now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world.
Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me,i
so that they may be one just as you and I are one. 12While I was
with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me.j
I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to
be lost—so that the scripture might come true. 13And now I am coming
to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in
their hearts in all its fullness. 14I gave them your message, and
the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not
belong to the world. 15I do not ask you to take them out of the
world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One. 16Just
as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world. 17Dedicate
them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth. 18I sent
them into the world, just as you sent me into the world. 19And for
their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly
dedicated to you.
Think
John 17:18:
"I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the
world."
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