john 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

john 17:9 "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine;

9-14. I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
not for the world--for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

john 17:9 "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine;

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