John 17:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    for{G3754} the words{G4487} which{G3739} thou gavest{G1325} me{G3427} I have given{G1325} unto them;{G846} and{G2532} they{G846} received{G2983} [them], and{G2532} knew{G1097} of a truth{G230} that{G3754} I came forth{G1831} from{G3844} thee,{G4675} and{G2532} they believed{G4100} that{G3754} thou{G4771} didst send{G649} me.{G3165}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} I have given{G1325}{(G5758)} unto them{G846} the words{G4487} which{G3739} thou gavest{G1325}{(G5758)} me{G3427}; and{G2532} they{G846} have received{G2983}{(G5627)} them, and{G2532} have known{G1097}{(G5627)} surely{G230} that{G3754} I came out{G1831}{(G5627)} from{G3844} thee{G4675}, and{G2532} they have believed{G4100}{(G5656)} that{G3754} thou{G4771} didst send{G649}{(G5656)} me{G3165}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For I have geven vnto them the wordes which thou gavest me and they have receaved them and knowe surely that I came out from the: and doo beleve that thou dyddest send me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For ye wordes which thou gauest me, haue I geue vnto them, and they haue receaued them, & knowne of a trueth, that I am come forth from the, and haue beleued, that thou hast sent me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I haue geuen vnto them ye wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receaued them, and haue knowe surely that I came out from thee, & they haue beleued, that thou dyddest sende me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received› [them], ‹and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received `them', and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received [them], and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

Referenced Verses

  • John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
  • John 16:30 : 30 Now we are sure that you know all things and have no need that anyone should question you: by this, we believe that you came forth from God.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  • John 17:21 : 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.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • John 17:23 : 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.
  • John 17:25-26 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread.
  • 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 Moreover, brothers and sisters, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and in which you stand;
  • Eph 3:2-8 : 2 If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you: 3 How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery; (as I have written briefly already, 4 By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 12:49 : 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.
  • John 15:15 : 15 From now on I call you not servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  • John 17:18 : 18 As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
  • John 17:6-7 : 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.
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
  • John 3:33 : 33 He who has received his testimony has certified that God is true.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 17:1-7
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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:

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

    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.

  • John 17:9-26
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    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.

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

    15 I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one.

    16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

    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.

    19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

    20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for those also who shall believe in me through their word;

    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.

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    27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

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    29 But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

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    20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

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    26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

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    42 And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the people who stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.

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    28 Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

    29 And he who sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I always do those things that please him.

  • John 3:34
    72%

    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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    42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

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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.

  • John 14:31
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    31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

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    25 These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

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    27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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    10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.

  • John 14:28
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    28 You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • John 6:38
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    38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.