John 17:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    even as{G2531} thou gavest{G1325} him{G846} authority over{G1849} all{G3956} flesh,{G4561} that{G2443} to all{G846} whom{G3956} thou{G3739} hast given{G1325} him,{G846} he should give{G1325} eternal{G166} life.{G2222}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    As{G2531} thou hast given{G1325}{(G5656)} him{G846} power{G1849} over all{G3956} flesh{G4561}, that{G2443} he should give{G1325}{(G5661)} eternal{G166} life{G2222} to{G3739} as many as{G3956}{G846} thou hast given{G1325}{(G5758)} him{G846}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    as thou hast geve him power over all fleshe that he shuld geve eternall lyfe to as many as thou hast geven him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like as thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe, that he shulde geue euerlastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    As thou hast giuen him power ouer all flesh, that he shoulde giue eternall life to all them that thou hast giuen him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe, that he shoulde geue eternall life, to as many as thou hast geuen him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that -- all that Thou hast given to him -- he may give to them life age-during;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

Referenced Verses

  • John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he who comes to me I will by no means cast out.
  • John 6:39 : 39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given to him dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
  • Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, 'You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.' 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • John 3:35 : 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
  • John 10:28-29 : 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested 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 word.
  • John 17:9 : 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.
  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us—eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live: 26 And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?
  • John 6:54-57 : 54 Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.
  • John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • Ps 110:1 : 1 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
  • Eph 1:20 : 20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 2:10 : 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth;
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
  • Heb 2:8-9 : 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God, He might taste death for everyone.
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 17:21-26
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    21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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

    23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.

    24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

    25 O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.

    26 And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 17:3-13
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    3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

    4 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.

    5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.

    6 I have manifested 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 word.

    7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever you have given me are from you.

    8 For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

    9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.

    10 And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them.

    11 And now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are.

    12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

    13 And now I come to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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    17 Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.

    18 As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

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    1 These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:

  • John 3:34-35
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    34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

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    28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.

    29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

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    39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

    40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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    47 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes in me has everlasting life.

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    29 And I appoint to you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed to me;

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    17 Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

    18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

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    15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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    4 He asked life from you, and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

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    15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.

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    27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.

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    27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

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    57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.

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    12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

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    16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.

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    9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love.