John 17:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

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  • John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
  • John 16:30 : 30 Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
  • John 17:21 : 21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
  • John 17:25-26 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me; 26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
  • 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
  • Eph 3:2-8 : 2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, 3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, 4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; 5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; 12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 12:49 : 49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.
  • John 15:15 : 15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
  • John 17:18 : 18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
  • John 17:6-7 : 6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words. 7 Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • John 3:17 : 17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
  • John 3:33 : 33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

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  • John 17:1-7
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    1 Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

    2 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

    3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

    4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

    5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

    6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

    7 Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:

  • John 17:9-26
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    9 My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

    10 (All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.

    11 And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

    12 While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

    13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

    14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

    15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

    16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

    17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

    18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

    19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

    20 My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

    21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

    22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

    23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

    24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

    25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

    26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

  • John 16:27-28
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    27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

    28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

    29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.

  • John 13:20
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    20 Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.

  • John 18:8-9
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    8 Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

    9 (He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)

  • John 8:26
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    26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

  • John 10:29
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    29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

  • John 12:49-50
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    49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

    50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

  • John 5:38
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    38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • John 11:42
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    42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

    29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

  • John 3:34
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    34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

  • John 8:42
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    42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 5:36
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    36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

  • John 16:15
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    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

  • John 14:31
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    31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

  • John 14:25
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    25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

  • John 10:27
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    27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

  • John 14:10
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    10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

  • John 14:28
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    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

  • John 6:38
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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.