King James Bible
"And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day."
Jesus identifies his mission as directly commissioned by the Father, emphasizing divine authority and purpose. This frames what follows as not merely Jesus' personal desire but the sovereign plan of God himself. The Father has entrusted specific people to the Son—a divine gift implying both predestination and intimate knowledge. This language appears throughout John's Gospel to describe believers as belonging to God before being given to Christ. Jesus declares absolute preservation of those given to him, promising complete security with no exceptions. This emphatic negative underscores the impossibility of any believer slipping from Christ's protective grasp. The ultimate fulfillment of this preservation is bodily resurrection at the final judgment. This promise connects present spiritual security with future physical transformation, a theme Jesus repeats four times in this chapter alone.