John 17:18-26 ▼

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world.

19 And for them I devote myself, that they also might be sanctified by the truth.

20 And not for them do I make request only, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;

21 that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that these also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

22 And I have given them the glory, which thou hast given me; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

24 Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

25 Righteous Father! though the world hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.