John 17 — MSG vs NIRV

John 17

MSG — The Message Bible (MSG)

NIRV — New International Reader's Version Bible (NIRV)

Verse 1

Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:

Father, it’s time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his charge.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed. He said,

“Father, the time has come. Bring glory to your Son. Then your Son will bring glory to you.

Verse 2

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You gave him authority over all people. He gives eternal life to all those you have given him.

Verse 3

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And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Verse 4

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I have brought you glory on earth. I have finished the work you gave me to do.

Verse 5

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So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

Verse 6

I spelled out your character in detail
To the men and women you gave me.
They were yours in the first place;
Then you gave them to me,
And they have now done what you said.
They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
That everything you gave me is firsthand from you,
For the message you gave me, I gave them;
And they took it, and were convinced
That I came from you.
They believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I’m not praying for the God-rejecting world
But for those you gave me,
For they are yours by right.
Everything mine is yours, and yours mine,
And my life is on display in them.
For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world;
They’ll continue in the world
While I return to you.
Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life
That you conferred as a gift through me,
So they can be one heart and mind
As we are one heart and mind.
As long as I was with them, I guarded them
In the pursuit of the life you gave through me;
I even posted a night watch.
And not one of them got away,
Except for the rebel bent on destruction
(the exception that proved the rule of Scripture).

“I have shown you to the disciples you gave me out of the world. They were yours. You gave them to me. And they have obeyed your word.

Verse 7

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Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.

Verse 8

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I gave them the words you gave me. And they accepted them. They knew for certain that I came from you. They believed that you sent me.

Verse 9

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I pray for them. I am not praying for the world. I am praying for those you have given me, because they are yours.

Verse 10

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All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. Glory has come to me because of my disciples.

Verse 11

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I will not remain in the world any longer. But they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name. It is the name you gave me. Keep them safe so they can be one, just as you and I are one.

Verse 12

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While I was with them, I guarded them. I kept them safe through the name you gave me. None of them has been lost, except the one who was headed for ruin. It happened so that Scripture would come true.

Verse 13

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.

“I am coming to you now. But I say these things while I am still in the world. I say them so that those you gave me can have the same joy that I have.

Verse 14

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I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am.

Verse 15

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I do not pray that you will take them out of the world. I pray that you will keep them safe from the evil one.

Verse 16

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They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.

Verse 17

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Use the truth to make them holy. Your word is truth.

Verse 18

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You sent me into the world. In the same way, I have sent them into the world.

Verse 19

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I make myself holy for them so that they too can be made holy by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

Verse 20

I’m praying not only for them
But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me.
The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they’ll be as unified and together as we are—
I in them and you in me.
Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you’ve sent me and loved them
In the same way you’ve loved me.

“I do not pray only for them. I pray also for everyone who will believe in me because of their message.

Verse 21

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Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.

Verse 22

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I have given them the glory you gave me. I did this so they would be one, just as we are one.

Verse 23

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I will be in them, just as you are in me. This is so that they may be brought together perfectly as one. Then the world will know that you sent me. It will also show the world that you have loved those you gave me, just as you have loved me.

Verse 24

Father, I want those you gave me
To be with me, right where I am,
So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me,
Having loved me
Long before there ever was a world.
Righteous Father, the world has never known you,
But I have known you, and these disciples know
That you sent me on this mission.
I have made your very being known to them—
Who you are and what you do—
And continue to make it known,
So that your love for me
Might be in them
Exactly as I am in them.

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me. You gave it to me because you loved me before the world was created.

Verse 25

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“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

Verse 26

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I have shown you to them. And I will continue to show you to them. Then the love you have for me will be in them. I myself will be in them.”