King James Version (KJV)
John 17:12
“‹While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.›”
Verse in context — John 17
‹And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.›
‹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].
‹While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.›
‹And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.›
‹I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.›
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