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John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
John 17:17 · KJV

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15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

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Verse explanation

Asks that the disciples be set apart through the truth, directly defining that truth as the very word of God.

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In other languages: Português (João 17:17) · Español (Juan 17:17)

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