John 17:12

12 "While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name 1which You have given Me; and I guarded them and 2not one of them perished but 3the son of perdition, so that the 4Scripture would be fulfilled.

John 17:12 In-Context

10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
11 "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
12 "While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
13 "But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
14 "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Cross References 4

  • 1. John 17:6; Philippians 2:9; Revelation 19:12
  • 2. John 6:39; John 18:9
  • 3. John 6:70
  • 4. Psalms 41:9; John 13:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Heb idiom for one destined to perish
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