John 17

v.3

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

v.5

And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

God was a Father before Creator or anything else.

jj I forgot where I heard this from…

v.9

I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.

v.12

While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

v.15

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.