John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father… (Jude 1.): — I. WHO? The saints; those given by the Father to Christ. II. WHAT? Keep them. As it were, Christ, having obtained them from the Father for safe keeping for Him, replaces them in the Father's hands for safe keeping for Himself. III. HOW? In Thy name, 1.e., by graciously revealing in them Thy name, which I have outwardly manifested to them. IV. WHY? Because Christ was returning to the Father (1 Peter 1:5). V. WHEREFORE? That they might be one. Unless the Father keeps the saints they never will be one. (T. Whitelaw, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. |
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