While Jesus was praying, where was He looking?
What did Jesus say to His Father?
Why did He want the Father to glorify Him?
For what purpose has the Father given the Son authority over all flesh?
What is eternal life?
How does Jesus expand on how He has glorified God on earth?
When did Jesus have the glory with His Father that He was asking to have again?
Who has Jesus manifested God’s name to? Who did they belong to? What did they keep? What did they know?
What words has Jesus given them? What did they know and believe?
Who was Jesus specifically praying for at that time?
Who is no longer in the world? Who is still in the world? What is Jesus asking for those who are still in the world? Why?
What did Jesus do with them while He was still in the world?
Who was the only one who was lost? How was this predicted?
Why does Jesus speak these things?
Who hated them who had His word? Why? Who else did they hate?
What does Jesus pray for, and what does He not pray for regarding them?
How are they to be sanctified?
What is truth?
Where does Jesus send them into?

Thought Questions
What do you think eternal life is? Does verse 3 match your natural idea of eternal life? Would anyone be interested in eternal life with God and His Son if they didn’t know them? What does that tell you about the importance of knowing and sharing the knowledge of God?
Read verse 4. Can we also glorify God by finishing the work He has given us to do?
Wouldn’t it be nice, toward the end of your life, to be able to say, “I have finished the work you have given me to do”? See also what Paul says in 2 Tim. 4:6-8. Is there anything you can do differently with your life today to prepare you to be able to say that?
Several times in this chapter and elsewhere, Jesus talks about those who the Father “has given him.” Is it totally God’s choice whether you are one of the saved, or is it your choice? Does verse 6 give you any help? Of the aspects listed there, which part is our choice?
Summarize verses 7-8. After hearing the evidence from Jesus, do you also believe that He came from God, as the disciples did?
Does Jesus ever mention His own glory without connection with the Father?
Who is the “son of perdition?” Find Scriptures that foretell this betrayal. Do you think that it was destined that Jesus’ friend would betray Him because it was necessary for the Scriptures, or that history (and prophecy) would have been written differently if he had made another choice?
How can we have joy, according to verse 13? Reflect on how Christ’s words for us can fulfill our joy. Do reading these things help strengthen your faith that Jesus has kept His promises, and therefore will continue to do so?
Has there been times in history where the world hated those with Christ’s word? Does the world hate you? If it doesn’t, why do you think that is? Do you think it ever could?
How can a person be in the world, yet be kept from the evil one?
What is truth? How can we answer when someone asks that question? Is God’s Word really truth in your life, or are you not sure? Besides this verse, how do you know?
What does it mean to sanctify a person? How can God sanctify us through His Word?
What is our job in the world, in the place where Jesus has sent us?

My prayer is:
that Christ would help me to do His work and glorify Him;
that my joy would come from His Word;
and that I would be in the world but not of the world, and that God would strengthen me when the world hates me as it did Him.