Contemporary English Version Anglicised

John 17:14-24 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. I have told them your message. But the people of this world hate them, because they don't belong to this world, just as I don't.

15. Father, I don't ask you to take my followers out of the world, but keep them safe from the evil one.

16. They don't belong to this world, and neither do I.

17. Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely yours.

18. I am sending them into the world, just as you sent me.

19. I have given myself completely for their sake, so that they may belong completely to the truth.

20. I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me.

21. I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.

22. I have honoured my followers in the same way that you honoured me, in order that they may be one with each other, just as we are one.

23. I am one with them, and you are one with me, so that they may become completely one. Then this world's people will know that you sent me. They will know that you love my followers as much as you love me.

24. Father, I want everyone you have given me to be with me, wherever I am. Then they will see the glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the world was created.