💫WEB · John 17:18

What does John 17:18 mean?

"As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world."

— John 17:18 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

15

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

16

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

17

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

18

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

19

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

20

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word,

21

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

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