# John 17.9

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 7. <span class="rl-speech">Now they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee:</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.</span>
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> **9. <span class="rl-speech">I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:</span>**
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> 10. <span class="rl-speech">and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.</span> (John 17:7-11, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 7. <span class="rl-speech">Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.</span>
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> **9. <span class="rl-speech">I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.</span>**
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> 10. <span class="rl-speech">All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.</span> (John 17:7-11, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 7. <span class="rl-speech">Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.</span>
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> **9. <span class="rl-speech">I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.</span>**
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> 10. <span class="rl-speech">And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.</span> (John 17:7-11, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 7. <span class="rl-speech">now they have known that all things, as many as Thou hast given to me, are from Thee,</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.</span>
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> **9. <span class="rl-speech">'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,</span>**
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> 10. <span class="rl-speech">and all mine are Thine, and Thine [are] mine, and I have been glorified in them;</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;</span> (John 17:7-11, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G2889 - kosmos](/codex/g2889-kosmos/), *kosmos*, Strong's G2889

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 17.1-26](/codex/john-17-1-26/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.