John 17:9

John 17:9. I pray for them: -

Blessed word! Christ prays for his own people: "I pray for them:"

John 17:9. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me,

In that last hour, just before his Passion, his thoughts were separating the precious from the vile; and his prayer ascended for his own people: "I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me;