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John 17:9

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given to me; for they are thine.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I demand concerning them; I do not demand concerning the world, but concerning those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I, concerning them, make request: not, concerning the world, do I make request, but concerning them whom thou hast given me, because, thine, they are,—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast giuen me: for they are thine.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I pray for them, I pray not for the world: but for them which thou hast giuen me, for they are thine.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— What I request is for them; I make no request for the world, but for those whom thou hast given to me; because they are thine.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— And for them I pray; not for the world I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, because they are thine.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I 1473
{1473} Prime
ἐγώ
ego
{eg-o'}
A primary pronoun of the first person, 'I' (only expressed when emphatic).
pray 2065
{2065} Prime
ἐρωτάω
erotao
{er-o-tah'-o}
Apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication to request.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
for 4012
{4012} Prime
περί
peri
{per-ee'}
From the base of G4008; properly through (all over), that is, around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period).
them: 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
I pray 2065
{2065} Prime
ἐρωτάω
erotao
{er-o-tah'-o}
Apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication to request.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
for 4012
{4012} Prime
περί
peri
{per-ee'}
From the base of G4008; properly through (all over), that is, around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period).
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
world, 2889
{2889} Prime
κόσμος
kosmos
{kos'-mos}
Probably from the base of G2865; orderly arrangement, that is, decoration; by implication the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively [morally]).
but 235
{0235} Prime
ἀλλά
alla
{al-lah'}
Neuter plural of G0243; properly other things, that is, (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations).
for 4012
{4012} Prime
περί
peri
{per-ee'}
From the base of G4008; properly through (all over), that is, around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period).
them which 3739
{3739} Prime
ὅς
hos
{hos}
Probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588); the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that.
thou hast given 1325
{1325} Prime
δίδωμι
didomi
{did'-o-mee}
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection).
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
me; 3427
{3427} Prime
μοί
moi
{moy}
The simpler form of G1698; to me.
for 3754
{3754} Prime
ὅτι
hoti
{hot'-ee}
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because.
they are 1526
{1526} Prime
εἰσί
eisi
{i-see'}
Third person plural present indicative of G1510; they are.
z5748
<5748> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - No Voice Stated (See G5799)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 1612
thine. 4674
{4674} Prime
σός
sos
{sos}
From G4771; thine.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

John 17:9-14

_ _ I pray for them — not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on John 17:20).

_ _ not for the world — for they had been given Him “out of the world” (John 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on John 17:6-10.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 17:9

I pray not for the world — Not in these petitions, which are adapted to the state of believers only. (He prays for the world at John 17:21, John 17:23, that they may believe — That they may know God hath sent him.) This no more proves that our Lord did not pray for the world, both before and afterward, than his praying for the apostles alone, John 17:6-19, proves that he did not pray for them also which shall believe through their word, John 17:20.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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pray for:

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 16:26-27 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: ... For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Luke 8:34 When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
1 John 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ... And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
1 John 5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Lk 8:34; 22:32. Jn 14:16; 16:26. He 7:25; 9:24. 1Jn 2:1; 5:19. Rv 12:9; 13:8; 20:15.

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