John 17:20
Good News Translation
"I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.

New Revised Standard Version
“I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,

Contemporary English Version
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.

New American Bible
“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.

pray.

John 17:6-11 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. . . .

Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:

for them.

Acts 2:41 They therefore that received his word were baptized: and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

Acts 4:4 But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.

Romans 15:18,19 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, . . .

Romans 16:26 (Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith) known among all nations:

2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Context
Prayer for all Believers
19And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. 20And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me. 21That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.…
Cross References
John 10:16
And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

John 17:9
I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.

John 17:19
And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

John 17:21
That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

John 17:19
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