John 17:8

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.

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  • 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 know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.”
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
  • John 6:68 : 68 Simon Peter answered him,“Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  • John 17:21 : 21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so 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 completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
  • John 17:25-26 : 25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. 26 I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
  • 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 Christ’s Resurrection Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,
  • Eph 3:2-8 : 2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. 4 When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit), 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
  • John 12:49 : 49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me 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 is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
  • John 17:18 : 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.
  • John 17:6-7 : 6 Jesus Prays for the Disciples“I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
  • John 3:33 : 33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

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  • John 17:1-7
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    1Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said,“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you–

    2just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

    3Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

    4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

    5And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

    6Jesus Prays for the Disciples“I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

    7Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,

  • John 17:9-26
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    9I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

    10Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them.

    11I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

    12When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

    13But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

    14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

    15I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

    16They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

    17Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

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

    19And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

    20Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

    21that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

    22The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one–

    23I in them and you in me– that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.

    24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

    25Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

    26I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”

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

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  • John 7:28-29
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    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

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    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

    29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

  • John 3:34
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    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

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    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

  • John 5:36
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • John 16:15
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    15Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

  • John 14:31
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    31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • John 14:25
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  • John 10:27
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    27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  • John 14:10
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  • John 6:38
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    38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.