17:26a

And I have made Your name known to them: This clause means “I have taught these men who you are and what you are like.” See 17:6a, where a similar expression is used. The word name is a Jewish idiom referring to the person himself. In some languages it may be necessary to state this explicitly to help people understand. For example:

I showed them what you are like (God’s Word)
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I told them what you are like (Contemporary English Version)

Your: This pronoun is singular here and refers to God the Father.

17:26b

and will continue to make it known: This clause indicates that Christ would continue to teach his disciples about God. For example:

and I will show them again (New Century Version)
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and I will continue showing them ⌊what you are like⌋
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and I will tell them even more (Contemporary English Version)

17:26c

so that the love You have for Me may be in them: This is a purpose clause. It indicates that Christ’s purpose in showing the disciples what God is like is so they will have God’s love in them. God’s love for Christ will be the love that his disciples have for others. Their love will be like God’s love. That means that they will love others in the same way that God loves Christ. Even though Jesus was praying for his 11 disciples, certainly he desires that all believers have God’s love in them. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

Then the love that you have for me will become part of them. (Contemporary English Version)
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Then they will have the same love that you have for me. (New Century Version)
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so that they may love ⌊others⌋ as you (sing.) love me

love…may be in them: This clause indicates that God’s love would be in the disciples. That means that the disciples would show love to others like God loved Christ. In some languages it may be natural to translate love as a verb, with the disciples as the subject. For example:

so that they might love one ⌊one another⌋
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so that they will love ⌊others⌋

17:26d

and I in them: This clause means “and I myself will be united with my disciples.” See how you translated this clause in 17:23a. For example:

and I will be one with them (Contemporary English Version)
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and that I, myself, may be united to them

I: The Greek text emphasizes this pronoun. You may want to include the word “myself” to show this emphasis. For example:

and that I myself may be in them (New International Version)

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