John 17:20 Cross References

John 17:20

20: "I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me because of their testimony.

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church--about three thousand in all.

But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so that the number of believers totaled about five thousand men, not counting women and children.

"I have told these men about you. They were in the world, but then you gave them to me. Actually, they were always yours, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you,
for I have passed on to them the words you gave me; and they accepted them and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
"My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.
And all of them, since they are mine, belong to you; and you have given them back to me, so they are my glory!

He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.

I dare not boast of anything else. I have brought the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I lived before them.
I have won them over by the miracles done through me as signs from God--all by the power of God's Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ all the way from Jerusalem clear over into Illyricum.

But now as the prophets foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they might believe and obey Christ.

It is written to Timothy, my dear son. May God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

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