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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/17.htm">New International Version</a> For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. <a href="/nlt/john/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth. <a href="/esv/john/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/bsb/john/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/blb/john/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and for them I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/kjv/john/17.htm">King James Bible</a> And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. <a href="/nkjv/john/17.htm">New King James Version</a> And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/nasb_/john/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/nasb/john/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/nasb77/john/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/lsb/john/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For their sake I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/amp/john/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For their sake I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth. <a href="/csb/john/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/hcsb/john/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I sanctify Myself for them, so they also may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/asv/john/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/cev/john/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have given myself completely for their sake, so they may belong completely to the truth. <a href="/erv/john/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/gwt/john/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I'm dedicating myself to this holy work I'm doing for them so that they, too, will use the truth to be holy. <a href="/gnt/john/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you. <a href="/isv/john/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/msb/john/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/net/john/17.htm">NET Bible</a> And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart. <a href="/nheb/john/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/wbt/john/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth. <a href="/wey/john/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and on their behalf I consecrate myself, in order that they may become perfectly consecrated in truth. <a href="/web/john/17.htm">World English Bible</a> For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I sanctify Myself for them, that they also may be sanctified in truth themselves. <a href="/blb/john/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and for them I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/ylt/john/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/slt/john/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And for them I render myself holy, that they also be rendered holy in the truth;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/cpdv/john/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth. <a href="/nabre/john/17.htm">New American Bible</a> And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth. <a href="/nrsvce/john/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And for their sakes, I am sanctifying myself, so that they also may be sanctified in the truth. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/17.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And I sanctify myself for them, that they shall be sanctified in the truth.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/17.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and for them I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth. <a href="/godbey/john/17.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>and I sanctify myself in their behalf, in order that they may also be sanctified through the truth.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/17.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And for them I devote myself, that they also might be sanctified by the truth. <a href="/mace/john/17.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also might be consecrated by the truth. <a href="/wey/john/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and on their behalf I consecrate myself, in order that they may become perfectly consecrated in truth. <a href="/worrell/john/17.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>and in their behalf I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/17.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/17-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6142" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/17.htm">Prayer for the Disciples</a> …18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. 19<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5228.htm" title="5228: hyper (Prep) -- Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. ">For</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/37.htm" title="37: hagiazō (V-PIA-1S) -- From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.">sanctify</a> <a href="/greek/1683.htm" title="1683: emauton (PPro-AM1S) -- Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'.">Myself,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autoi (PPro-NM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">they</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">too</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ōsin (V-PSA-3P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">may be</a> <a href="/greek/37.htm" title="37: hēgiasmenoi (V-RPM/P-NMP) -- From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.">sanctified</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/225.htm" title="225: alētheia (N-DFS) -- From alethes; truth.">the truth.</a> 20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a> And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. <a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">Hebrews 10:14</a> because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified. <a href="/hebrews/2-11.htm">Hebrews 2:11</a> 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. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-30.htm">1 Corinthians 1:30</a> It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">1 Peter 1:2</a> according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a> But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-26</a> Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, <a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a> to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-23.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:23</a> Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> 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, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/john/10-36.htm">John 10:36</a> then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God? <a href="/john/15-3.htm">John 15:3</a> You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. <a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a> I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.for.<a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1</a> For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm">2 Corinthians 4:15</a> For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.<a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a> For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.I sanctify.<a href="/john/10-36.htm">John 10:36</a> Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?<a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Jeremiah 1:5</a> Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.<a href="/1_corinthians/1-2.htm">1 Corinthians 1:2</a> Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:that.<a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a> Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.<a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.sanctified through the truth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/17-9.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/john/10-36.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/john/17-4.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/john/15-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/john/12-30.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/john/10-36.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/17-20.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-2.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/john/20-22.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/john/17-26.htm">Order</a> <a href="/john/17-23.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/romans/4-24.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/acts/20-32.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/john/18-18.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/john/18-37.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">John 17</div>1. <a href="/john/17-1.htm">Jesus prays to his Father.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For them I sanctify Myself In this phrase, Jesus speaks of His dedication to the mission given by the Father. The term "sanctify" means to set apart for a holy purpose. Jesus, though sinless, sets Himself apart for the work of redemption. This act is a fulfillment of His role as the High Priest, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-27</a>, where He offers Himself as a sacrifice. The context of this statement is the Upper Room Discourse, where Jesus prays for His disciples, emphasizing His role in their spiritual journey. The sanctification of Jesus is a precursor to His crucifixion, where He fully dedicates Himself to the will of God for the salvation of humanity.so that they too may be sanctified The purpose of Jesus' sanctification is for the benefit of His followers. The disciples, and by extension all believers, are to be set apart for God's purposes. This reflects the call to holiness found in <a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Leviticus 20:7-8</a>, where God commands His people to be holy as He is holy. The sanctification of believers is a process of being made holy through the work of the Holy Spirit, as seen in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-23.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:23</a>. This phrase underscores the transformative power of Jesus' sacrifice, enabling believers to live lives that reflect God's holiness.by the truth The truth here refers to the Word of God, as Jesus previously stated in <a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a>, "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." The truth is the divine revelation found in Scripture, which guides and transforms believers. This aligns with Jesus' declaration in <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>, where He states, "I am the way and the truth and the life." The truth is not only a set of doctrines but is embodied in the person of Jesus Christ. The sanctification of believers is achieved through their relationship with Christ and adherence to His teachings, which are the ultimate truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is praying to the Father on behalf of His disciples. He is the central figure in this passage, emphasizing His role in sanctification. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' prayer. They are the ones for whom Jesus sanctifies Himself, indicating their need for sanctification to fulfill their mission. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sanctification.htm">Sanctification</a> A key event and process in this verse, referring to being set apart for holy purposes. Jesus' sanctification is both an act and a model for His followers. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_truth.htm">The Truth</a> Represents the Word of God and the reality of God's nature and purposes. It is the means by which the disciples are sanctified. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_upper_room.htm">The Upper Room</a> The setting of this prayer, part of Jesus' farewell discourse, where He prepares His disciples for His impending departure.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_model_of_sanctification.htm">The Model of Sanctification</a> Jesus sanctifies Himself as a model for His followers. Believers are called to follow His example by living lives set apart for God's purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_truth.htm">The Role of Truth</a> Sanctification is achieved through the truth of God's Word. Believers must immerse themselves in Scripture to be transformed and set apart. <a href="/topical/p/purposeful_living.htm">Purposeful Living</a> Sanctification is not an end in itself but a means to fulfill God's mission. Believers are sanctified to be effective witnesses in the world. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a> Sanctification involves daily choices to live according to God's standards, reflecting His holiness in every aspect of life. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_christ.htm">Dependence on Christ</a> Jesus' prayer highlights the necessity of relying on His work and truth for sanctification, reminding believers of their dependence on Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 17</a> <a href="/q/how_to_live_in_truth_and_love_with_god.htm">How can we live in truth and love through God?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_nurture_daily_spiritual_growth.htm">What does 'All Truth Is God's Truth' mean?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_sanctification.htm">What does the Bible say about sanctification?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_holiness,_sanctification.htm">What does the Bible say about holiness and sanctification?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) And for their sakes I sanctify myself.--Comp. Note on <a href="/john/17-17.htm" title="Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.">John 17:17</a>. The consecration here thought of is that to the work which was immediately before Him--the offering Himself as a sacrifice. The word was in frequent use in the special sense of an offering or sacrifice set apart to God. As a New Testament example of this, comp. <a href="/romans/15-16.htm" title="That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.">Romans 15:16</a>. By this consecration of Himself--which in a wider sense is for all men, but in the special sense is "for their sakes"--He will, as both Priest and Sacrifice, enter into the Holy of Holies of the heavenly temple, and will send the Holy Ghost, who will consecrate them.That they also might be sanctified through the truth.--Better, as in the margin, . . . . might be truly sanctified. The words "they also" are emphatic, answering to "their sakes" and "myself" in the preceding clause.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - And for their sakes - on their behalf - I sanctify, consecrate, myself. The Father had consecrated him and sent him into the world, but over and above all this there were special and sacrificial acts of love and devotion which he made on behalf of his own. He went up voluntarily into the wilderness to be tempted for them; he wrought for them while it was yet day. He now was ready to commend himself to the supreme will of the Father, and to offer himself through the Spirit in his perfected humanity without spot of sin to God. Ἁγιάζω is equivalent προσφέρω σοὶ θυσίαν, as Chrysostom says, and it is used for הִקְדִּישׁ (<a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Exodus 13:2</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">Deuteronomy 15:19</a>). Christ is the Priest and the Victim, and the dedication of himself to this climax of his consecrated life is for the sake of the disciples (so Lange, Meyer, Godet, and Westcott). That they also may be sanctified indeed - truly or veritably. (1) We have to notice that the passive form of the second clause shows that that which the Lord, in its highest form, effects for himself, they receive as a work wrought in them by another. (2) Using the word ἁγιάζειν in the same sense in both clauses, the consecration effected in the disciples must correspond with Christ's consecration in self-sacrificial love, in abandonment to the power of the Word which has revolutionized their whole being, in entire equipment for their calling, even to the point of hatred and antagonism from the world, and death for his sake. They are indeed to drink of his cup, and be baptized with his baptism. They must be crucified with him and buried with him, and rise again with him, in the activity of their faith. (3) Ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, without the article, has the sense of "verily and indeed" (<a href="/matthew/22-16.htm">Matthew 22:16</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/7-14.htm">2 Corinthians 7:14</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-18.htm">1 John 3:18</a>, etc.). It is not certain that 2 John I or 3 John I can be thus translated, but the classical usage of this phrase, and also of ἐπ ἀληθείας, leaves little doubt about its use here. <a href="/commentaries/john/17-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5228.htm">Strong's 5228: </a> Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. them αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. sanctify ἁγιάζω (hagiazō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_37.htm">Strong's 37: </a> From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate. Myself, ἐμαυτόν (emauton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1683.htm">Strong's 1683: </a> Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. they αὐτοὶ (autoi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. too καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. may be ὦσιν (ōsin) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. sanctified ἡγιασμένοι (hēgiasmenoi) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_37.htm">Strong's 37: </a> From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate. by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] truth. ἀληθείᾳ (alētheia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_225.htm">Strong's 225: </a> From alethes; truth. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/17-19.htm">NT Gospels: John 17:19 For their sakes I sanctify myself that (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/17-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 17:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 17:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/17-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 17:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 17:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>