Joh 15:3, 17:17 | JFB | e4.org | 3. Now —rather, "Already." ye are clean through —by reason of. the word I have spoken to you —already in a purified, fruitful condition, in consequence of the long action upon them of that searching "word" which was "as a refiner's fire" ( ).

‏ John 15:3

3. Now—rather, "Already."

ye are clean through—by reason of.

the word I have spoken to you—already in a purified, fruitful condition, in consequence of the long action upon them of that searching "word" which was "as a refiner's fire" (Mal 3:2, 3).

‏ John 17:17

17. Sanctify them—As the former prayer, "Keep them," was "negative," asking protection for them from the poisonous element which surrounded and pressed upon their renewed nature, so this prayer, "Sanctify them," is positive, asking the advancement and completion of their begun sanctification.

through—in.

thy truth—God's revealed truth, as the medium or element of sanctification; a statement this of immense importance.

thy word is truth—(Compare Joh 15:3; Col 1:5; Eph 1:13).