John 17

Overview:

v.3

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

v.5

And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

God was a Father before Creator or anything else.

jj I forgot where I heard this from...

v.9

I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.

v.12

While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.