16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

17 [a]Sanctify them with thy truth: thy word is truth.

18 [b]As thou didst send me into the world, so have I sent them into the world.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:17 That is, make them holy: and that is said to be holy, which is dedicated and made proper to God only.
  2. John 17:18 He addeth moreover, that the Apostles have a vocation common with him, and therefore that they must be holden up by the selfsame virtue to give up themselves wholly to God, whereby he being first, did consecrate himself to the Father.

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