King James Version
John 17:17 in the King James Version says “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” — study this verse from John chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
John 17:17 · King James Version
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. sanctified: or, truly sanctified
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“Sanctify”
G37to make holy, i.e., (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
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