Verse 9

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 22:32 : 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • John 14:16 : 16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever–
  • John 17:6 : 6 Jesus Prays for the Disciples“I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.
  • John 17:20 : 20 Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
  • 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One, 2 and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
  • John 16:26-27 : 26 At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
  • John 17:2 : 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
  • Luke 8:34 : 34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.