13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
13 Now I'm returning to you. I'm saying these things in the world's hearing So my people can experience My joy completed in them.
13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
13 "Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 17:13
Commentary on John 17:11-16
(Read John 17:11-16)
Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did not pray that his disciples should be removed out of the world, that they might escape the rage of men, for they had a great work to do for the glory of God, and the benefit of mankind. But he prayed that the Father would keep them from the evil, from being corrupted by the world, the remains of sin in their hearts, and from the power and craft of Satan. So that they might pass through the world as through an enemy's country, as he had done. They are not left here to pursue the same objects as the men around them, but to glorify God, and to serve their generation. The Spirit of God in true Christians is opposed to the spirit of the world.