1 W hen Jesus had said these things, He looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come! Honor Your Son so Your Son may honor You.

When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify and exalt and honor and magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify and extol and honor and magnify You.

2 Y ou have given Him power over all men. He is to give life that lasts forever to all You have given to Him.

You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.

3 T his is life that lasts forever. It is to know You, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ Whom You have sent.

And this is eternal life: to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and to know Him, Jesus Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.

4 I honored You on earth. I did the work You gave Me to do.

I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.

5 N ow, Father, honor Me with the honor I had with You before the world was made. Jesus Prays for His Followers

And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed.

6 “ I have made Your name known to the people You have given Me from the world. They were Yours but You gave them to Me. They have obeyed Your Word.

I have manifested Your Name to the people whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have obeyed and kept Your word.

7 N ow they know that everything You have given Me came from You.

Now they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You.

8 I gave them the Word which You gave Me. They received it. They know I came from You and they believe You sent Me.

For the words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted and have come to know positively and in reality that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.

9 “ I pray for them. I do not pray for the world. I pray for those You gave Me. They are Yours.

I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You.

10 A ll that is Mine is Yours. All that is Yours is Mine. I have been honored through them.

All Mine are Yours, and all Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them.

11 I am no longer in the world. I am coming to You. But these are still in the world. Holy Father, keep those You have given to Me in the power of Your name. Then they will be one, even as We are One.

And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your Name '> in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We.

12 W hile I have been with them in the world, I have kept them in the power of Your name. I have kept watch over those You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost except the one who is going to be destroyed, which is the son of death. The Holy Writings said it would happen.

While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name '> in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

13 B ut now I come to You, Father. I say these things while I am in the world. In this way, My followers may have My joy in their hearts.

And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them.

14 “ I have given Your Word to My followers. The world hated them because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

I have given and delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world. I ask You to keep them from the devil.

I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one.

16 M y followers do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), as I am not of the world.

17 M ake them holy for Yourself by the truth. Your Word is truth.

Sanctify them by the Truth; Your Word is Truth.

18 “ As You sent Me into the world so I have sent them into the world also.

Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19 I set Myself apart to be holy for them. Then they may be made holy by the truth. Jesus Prays for All Christians

And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.

20 “ I do not pray for these followers only. I pray for those who will put their trust in Me through the teaching they have heard.

Neither for these alone do I pray, but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,

21 M ay they all be as one, Father, as You are in Me and I am in You. May they belong to Us. Then the world will believe that You sent Me.

That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.

22 I gave them the honor You gave Me that they may be one as We are One.

I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one:

23 I am in them and You are in Me so they may be one and be made perfect. Then the world may know that You sent Me and that You love them as You love Me.

I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them as You have loved Me.

24 “ Father, I want My followers You gave Me to be with Me where I am. Then they may see My shining-greatness which You gave Me because You loved Me before the world was made.

Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

25 H oly Father, the world has not known You. I have known You. These have known You sent Me.

O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me.

26 I have made Your name known to them and will make it known. So then the love You have for Me may be in them and I may be in them.”

I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them and that I may be in them.