I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever.

"I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

"Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!