John 17:9

I pray for them. I don't pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

'I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,