KJV King James Version
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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John 17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
WEB World English Bible
Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
ASV American Standard Version
Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;
Surrounding context — John 17
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὐG3756 · ounoπερὶG4012 · periaboutτούτωνG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itδὲG1161 · dethenἐρωτῶG2065 · erōtaōto askμόνονG3441 · monosaloneἀλλὰG235 · allabutκαὶG2532 · kaiandπερὶG4012 · periaboutτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπιστευόντωνG4100 · pisteuōto trust (in)διὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγουG3056 · logoswordαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardἐμέ·G1473 · egōI/we
Cross-references
John 17:6-11I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.Romans 15:18-19For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;Romans 16:26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:2 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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