The Gospel According to St. John

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- Chapter 17 -

Jesus said these things, and then, lifting up his eyes toward heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has arrived: glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you,(a)

just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

I have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish.

And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.

Prayer for the Disciples

I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given to me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me. And they have kept your word.

Now they realize that all the things that you have given me are from you.

For I have given them the words that you gave to me. And they have accepted these words, and they have truly understood that I went forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.

And all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I am glorified in this.

And though I am not in the world, these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Father most holy, preserve them in your name, those whom you have given to me, so that they may be one, even as we are one.

While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, am not of the world.

I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil.

They are not of the world, just as I also am not of the world.

Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.

Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.

Prayer for All Believers

But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.

So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we also are one.

I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me.

Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.

Father most just, the world has not known you. But I have known you. And these have known that you sent me.

And I have made known your name to them, and I will make it known, so that the love in which you have loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.”

Footnotes

(a)17:1 Here and in subsequent verses, the word ‘clarificet’ is translated as ‘glorify.’ There is perhaps no better word in his context, but the word in Latin is a bit different than glorify. It has more of a sense of making something well-known, and is somewhat less abstract than glorify.(Conte)

Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

Prayer for the Disciples

“I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,

for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

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.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

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

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth. (a)

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Prayer for All Believers

“Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word,

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

The glory which you have given me, I have given to them, that they may be one, even as we are one,

I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

Footnotes

(a)17:17 ℘ Psalms 119:142