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20. I pray not only for these but also for those who through their word will believe in me.
20. I pray not only for these but also for those who through their word will believe in me.
Chapter 17 of St. John is a prayer of Jesus to God the Father before His crucifixion. Jesus pray for his disciples, asking God to protect them and sanctify them, as well as all those who will believe in Him through the apostles' message. He also asks everyone to be one, just as he and his father are one. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in John 17:
Romans 8:34: "Who will condemn them? It was Christ Jesus who died; and more, who rose and is to the right of God, and who also intercedes for us." This verse talks about Christ's intercession for us, which is also one of the central themes of the prayer of Jesus in John 17.
Colossians 1:13-14: "He set us free from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son, in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins." Jesus asks his disciples to be sanctified by the truth, and the redemption of sins is one of the blessings that believers receive through the truth.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13: "For, just as the body is one, and has many members, and all members of the body, though many, constitute one body, as well as with respect to Christ. For in one spirit in one spirit. We were all baptized in one body, whether Jews, Greeks or slaves or free; and we were all given to drink from one spirit. " Jesus asks everyone to be one, just as He and the Father are one, and this verse talks about the unity of the body of Christ.
John 14:6: "Jesus said unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but for me." The apostles' message is the means by which people will believe in Jesus, and it is through him that they will have eternal life.
John 1:12-13: "But to all who received him, he gave them the power to be made children of God, namely, to those who believe in his name, which were not born of the blood, or the will of the flesh. , not even the will of man, but of God. " Jesus asks God to protect those who believe in him through the message of the apostles, and this verse talks about how those who receive Jesus become children of God.
“Não se desencoraje se você precisa trabalhar muito para colher pouco. Se você pensasse em quanto uma só alma custou a Jesus, você nunca reclamaria!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
