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John 17:9 KJV
John · chapter 17 · verse 9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.John 17:9 · King James Version
John 17:9 in context
7Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8For 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.
9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11And 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- prayerōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
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Christ, having prayed for himself, comes next to pray for those that are his, and he knew them by name, though he did not here name them. Now observe here, I. Whom he did not pray for (Joh 17:9): I pray not for the world. Note, There is a world of people that Jesus Christ did not pray for.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10