John:17:1-20-21

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* When Jesus had thus spoken , He raised his eyes towards Heaven and said , »Father , the hour has come . Glorify Thy Son that the Son may glorify Thee ; * even as Thou hast given Him authority over all mankind , so that on all whom Thou hast given Him He may bestow the Life of the Ages . * And in this consists the Life of the Ages –in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent . * I have glorified Thee on earth , having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do . * And now , Father , do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence , with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed . * »I have revealed Thy perfections to the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world . Thine they were , and Thou gavest them to me , and they have obeyed Thy message .« * Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee . * For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them . And they have received them , and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence , and have believed that Thou didst send me . * »I am making request for them : for the world I do not make any request , but for those whom Thou hast given me . Because they are Thine , * and everything that is mine is Thine , and everything that is Thine is mine ; and I am crowned with glory in them .« * I am now no longer in the world , but they are in the world and I am coming to Thee . »Holy Father , keep them true to Thy name –the name which Thou hast given me to bear – that they may be one , even as we are . * While I was with them , I kept them true to Thy name –the name Thou hast given me to bear – and I kept watch over them , and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction –that the Scripture may be fulfilled . * »But now I am coming to Thee , and I speak these words while I am in the world , in order that they may have my gladness within them filling their hearts .« * I have given them Thy Message , and the world has hated them , because they do not belong to the world , just as I do not belong to the world . * I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world , but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one . * They do not belong to the world , just as I do not belong to the world . * Make them holy in the truth : Thy Message is truth . * Just as Thou didst send me into the world , I also have sent them ; * and on their behalf I consecrate myself , in order that they may become perfectly consecrated in truth . * »Nor is it for them alone that I make request . It is also for those who trust in me through their teaching ;«

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