Joh 17:11 | NET2full | STEP | I am no longer in the world , but they are in the world , and I am coming to you . Holy Father , keep them safe in your name that you have given me , so that they may be one just as we are one.

John 17:11

11 I ^{▼▼tn Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.} am no longer in the world, but ^{▼▼tn The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.} they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe ^{▼▼tn Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”} in your name ^{▼▼tn Or “by your name.”} ^{▼▼sn See the note on name in John 17:6.} that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. ^{▼▼tn The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.}