The High Priestly Prayer
1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He raised His eyes to heaven [in prayer] and said,“Father, thehour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify You.
2 Just as You have given Him powerandauthority over all mankind,[now glorify Him]so that He may give eternal lifeto all whom You have given Him[to be His–permanently and forever].
3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true[supreme and sovereign]God, and[in the same manner know]Jesus[as the]Christ whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You[down here]on the earth bycompleting the work that You gave Me to do.
5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the gloryandmajesty that I had with You before the world existed.
6 “I have manifested Your name[and revealed Your very self, Your real self]to the people whom You have given Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have keptandobeyed Your word.
7 Now[at last]they know[with confident assurance]that all You have given Me is from You[it is really and truly Yours].
8 For the words which You gave Me I have given them; and they receivedandaccepted them and truly understood[with confident assurance]that I came from You[from Your presence],and they believed[without any doubt]that You sent Me.
9 I pray for them; I do not pray for the world, but for those You have given Me, because they belong to You;
10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and[all things that are]Yours are Mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name,the namewhich You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded themandprotected them, and not one of them was lost exceptthe son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
The Disciples in the World
13 But now I am coming to You; and I say these things[while I am still]in the world so that they may experience My joy made fullandcompleteandperfect within them[filling their hearts with My delight].
14 I have given to them Your word[the message You gave Me];and the world has hated them because they are not of the worldanddo not belong to the world, just as I am not of the worldanddo not belong to it.
15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep themandprotect them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them in the truth[set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy];Your word is truth.
18 Just as You commissionedandsent Me into the world, I also have commissionedandsent them (believers) into the world.
19 For their sakeI sanctify Myself[to do Your will],so that they also may be sanctified[set apart, dedicated, made holy]in[Your]truth.
20 “I do not pray for these alone[it is not for their sake only that I make this request],but also for[all]those who[will ever]believeandtrust in Me through their message,
21 that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe[without any doubt]that You sent Me.
Their Future Glory
22 I have given to them the gloryandhonor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;
23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfectedandcompleted into one, so that the world may know[without any doubt]that You sent Me, and[that You]have loved them, just as You have loved Me.
24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me[as Your gift to Me],may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
25 “O justandrighteous Father, although the world has not known Youandhas never acknowledged You[and the revelation of Your mercy],yet I havealwaysknown You; and these[believers]know[without any doubt]that You sent Me;
26 and I have made Your name known to them, and willcontinue tomake it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them[overwhelming their heart],and I[may be]in them.”