John 17:19 “For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the…”

John 17:19

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

World English Bible

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

American Standard Version

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe, that they also may bee sanctified through the trueth.

Darby Translation

and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth.

Young's Literal Translation

and for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth.

Bible in Basic English

And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

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Cross references

“for”

2 Corinthians 4:15 2 Corinthians 8:9 1 Thessalonians 4:7 2 Timothy 2:10 Isaiah 62:1

2 Corinthians 4:15 · BSB

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 · BSB

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

2 Timothy 2:10 · BSB

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Isaiah 62:1 · BSB

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

“I sanctify”

Hebrews 2:11 1 Corinthians 1:2 Hebrews 10:5–10 Hebrews 9:26 Hebrews 10:29 Hebrews 9:13

Hebrews 2:11 · BSB

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

1 Corinthians 1:2 · BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Hebrews 10:5–10 · BSB

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

Hebrews 9:26 · BSB

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Hebrews 10:29 · BSB

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 9:13 · BSB

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

“that”

Titus 2:14 John 17:17

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

John 17:17 · BSB

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

Read John 17