John 17:13 - The Message13-19 Now I’m returning to you. I’m saying these things in the world’s hearing So my people can experience My joy completed in them. I gave them your word; The godless world hated them because of it, Because they didn’t join the world’s ways, Just as I didn’t join the world’s ways. I’m not asking that you take them out of the world But that you guard them from the Evil One. They are no more defined by the world Than I am defined by the world. Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth; Your word is consecrating truth. In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world. I’m consecrating myself for their sakes So they’ll be truth-consecrated in their mission. * * * See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176913 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition13 And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them [that they may experience My delight fulfilled in them, that My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts]. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)13 But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves. See the chapterCommon English Bible13 Now I’m coming to you and I say these things while I’m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version13 And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves. See the chapter |