John 17:9-11

17:9 I am praying¹ on behalf of them. I am not praying² on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.³ 17:10 Everything⁴ I have belongs to you,⁵ and everything you have belongs to me,⁶ and I have been glorified by them.⁷ 17:11 I⁸ am no longer in the world, but⁹ they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe¹⁰ in your name¹¹ that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.¹²

¹tn Grk “I am asking.”

²tn Grk “I am not asking.”

³tn Or “because they are yours.”

⁴tn Grk And all things.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

⁵tn Or “Everything I have is yours.”

⁶tn Or “everything you have is mine.”

⁷tn Or “I have been honored among them.”

⁸tn Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

⁹tn The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.

¹⁰tn Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”

¹¹tn Or “by your name.”

¹²tn The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.