"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. they were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. for I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. they knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name - the name you gave me - so that they may be one as we are one."

john 17:6-11