17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-19)The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good. I. Here is the petition (John 17:17): Sanctify them through thy truth , through thy word, for thy word is truth ; it is true—it is truth itself. He desires they may be sanctified, 1. As Christians. Father, make them holy, and this will be their preservation, 1 Thess. 5:23. Observe here,…
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