John 17:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ οὗτοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰσίν, και ἐγὼ πρός σε ἔρχομαι. Πάτερ Ἅγιε, τήρησον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ᾧ δέδωκάς μοι, ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν, καθὼς ἡμεῖς.

Transliteration

And no longer eimi in the kosmō, and these in the kosmō eisin, and egō pros you erchomai. Pater Hagie, tērēson them in the onomati of you which dedōkas to me, that they ōsin one, kathōs we.

Grammar Details

• *eimi*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *kosmō*: dative, masculine, singular - world
• *eisin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they are
• *egō*: nominative, singular, personal pronoun - I
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *erchomai*: present, middle/passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I am coming
• *Pater*: vocative, masculine, singular - Father
• *Hagie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Holy
• *tērēson*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person singular - keep/guard
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *dedōkas*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you have given
• *ōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may be
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as

Word Meanings

• *eimi*: am/exist/remain
• *kosmō*: world/universe/ordered system
• *eisin*: are/remain/continue
• *egō*: I/myself
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *erchomai*: am coming/going/approaching
• *Pater Hagie*: Holy Father
• *tērēson*: keep/guard/protect
• *onomati*: name/character/authority
• *dedōkas*: have given/entrusted/granted
• *ōsin*: may be/might become
• *kathōs*: just as/even as/in the same way

Referenced Verses

• John 17:21-22 : 21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me. 22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
• John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
• John 17:25 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
• John 17:12-18 : 12 While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true. 13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them. 14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One. 16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word. 18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.
• 1 Cor 12:12-13 : 12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ. 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
• Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
• John 13:3 : 3 Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,
• John 14:20 : 20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.
• John 15:18-21 : 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world. 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours. 21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
• John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
• Phil 2:9 : 9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.
• Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
• 1 Pet 1:15-17 : 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy. 17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
• 1 John 5:19 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
• Acts 1:9-9 : 9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud. 10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing, 11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.
• Rom 9:17 : 17 For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
• Rom 12:5 : 5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;
• Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus: 6 So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
• Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings, 9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.
• Ps 79:9 : 9 Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
• Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
• Isa 64:2 : 2 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.
• Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
• Jer 14:21 : 21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
• Ezek 20:44 : 44 And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and not for your evil ways or your unclean doings, O children of Israel, says the Lord.
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
• John 7:33 : 33 Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.
• John 10:29-30 : 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• Rev 19:12 : 12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.