I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus to my father’s house

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’

But now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.