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John 17:2–4

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As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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From verse 2

  1. John 10:28–29Rank 1 from verse 2
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    28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

    29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

  2. John 6:39Rank 2 from verse 2
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    39And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

  3. Daniel 7:14Rank 3 from verse 2
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    14And there was given 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.

  4. John 6:37Rank 4 from verse 2
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    37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

  5. Matthew 28:18Rank 5 from verse 2
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    18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  6. John 17:24Rank 6 from verse 2
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    24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  7. 1 John 5:20Rank 7 from verse 2
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  8. Hebrews 2:8–9Rank 8 from verse 2
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    8Thou hast 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 see not yet all things put under him.

    9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

  9. John 17:9Rank 9 from verse 2
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    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

  10. Psalms 2:6–12Rank 10 from verse 2
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    6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

    7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

    8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

    9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

    10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

    11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  11. John 4:14Rank 11 from verse 2
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    14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  12. 1 Corinthians 15:25Rank 12 from verse 2
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    25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

  13. John 17:6Rank 13 from verse 2
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    6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  14. John 3:35Rank 14 from verse 2
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    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

  15. 1 John 2:25Rank 15 from verse 2
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    25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

  16. Matthew 11:27Rank 16 from verse 2
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    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  17. 1 Peter 3:22Rank 17 from verse 2
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    22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  18. Ephesians 1:20Rank 18 from verse 2
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    20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

  19. Hebrews 1:2Rank 19 from verse 2
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    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  20. John 11:25–26Rank 20 from verse 2
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    25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

    26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

  21. 1 John 1:2Rank 21 from verse 2
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    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  22. 1 Timothy 1:16Rank 22 from verse 2
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    16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

  23. Colossians 3:3–4Rank 23 from verse 2
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    3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

    4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

  24. John 5:21–29Rank 24 from verse 2
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    21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

    22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

    23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

    27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  25. Jude 1:21Rank 25 from verse 2
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    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  26. Philippians 2:10Rank 26 from verse 2
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    10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

  27. Psalms 110:1Rank 27 from verse 2
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  28. Romans 6:23Rank 28 from verse 2
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  29. John 6:27Rank 29 from verse 2
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  30. John 6:54–57Rank 30 from verse 2
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    54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

    55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

    56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

    57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

From verse 3

  1. 1 John 5:20Rank 1 from verse 3
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  2. 1 John 5:11–12Rank 2 from verse 3
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    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  3. Jeremiah 9:23–24Rank 3 from verse 3
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    23¶ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

    24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

  4. John 3:17Rank 4 from verse 3
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    17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

  5. John 17:25Rank 5 from verse 3
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    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

  6. Hosea 6:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

  7. John 14:9–10Rank 7 from verse 3
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    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  8. Hebrews 8:11–12Rank 8 from verse 3
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    11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

    12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

  9. 1 John 4:6Rank 9 from verse 3
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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  10. 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 10 from verse 3
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    9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  11. Isaiah 61:1Rank 11 from verse 3
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    1THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  12. John 3:34Rank 12 from verse 3
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    34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

  13. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 13 from verse 3
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  14. John 17:23Rank 14 from verse 3
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    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  15. John 17:21Rank 15 from verse 3
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  16. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 16 from verse 3
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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  17. 1 John 4:14–15Rank 17 from verse 3
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    14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

  18. Jeremiah 31:33–34Rank 18 from verse 3
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  19. John 17:8Rank 19 from verse 3
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    8For 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.

  20. John 14:26Rank 20 from verse 3
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    26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  21. John 8:19Rank 21 from verse 3
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    19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

  22. 1 Thessalonians 1:9Rank 22 from verse 3
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    9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

  23. Isaiah 53:11Rank 23 from verse 3
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    11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

  24. Psalms 9:10Rank 24 from verse 3
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    10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

  25. 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 25 from verse 3
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

  26. Isaiah 48:16Rank 26 from verse 3
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    16¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

  27. Jeremiah 10:10Rank 27 from verse 3
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    10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  28. John 6:27–29Rank 28 from verse 3
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

    28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

    29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

  29. John 8:54–55Rank 29 from verse 3
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    54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

    55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

  30. John 12:49–50Rank 30 from verse 3
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    49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

    50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

  31. John 7:29Rank 31 from verse 3
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    29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

  32. 1 Timothy 6:15–16Rank 32 from verse 3
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    15Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

    16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

  33. 2 Chronicles 15:3Rank 33 from verse 3
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    3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  34. John 10:36Rank 34 from verse 3
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    36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

  35. John 6:57Rank 35 from verse 3
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    57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

  36. John 5:44Rank 36 from verse 3
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    44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

  37. Luke 9:48Rank 37 from verse 3
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    48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

  38. Mark 9:37Rank 38 from verse 3
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    37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

  39. John 11:42Rank 39 from verse 3
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    42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

  40. John 5:36–37Rank 40 from verse 3
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    36¶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

  41. 1 Corinthians 8:4Rank 41 from verse 3
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    4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

From verse 4

  1. John 4:34Rank 1 from verse 4
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  2. Acts 20:24Rank 2 from verse 4
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    24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

  3. 2 Timothy 4:7Rank 3 from verse 4
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    7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

  4. John 14:31Rank 4 from verse 4
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    31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

  5. John 19:30Rank 5 from verse 4
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    30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

  6. John 13:31–32Rank 6 from verse 4
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    31¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

    32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

  7. John 15:10Rank 7 from verse 4
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  8. John 12:28Rank 8 from verse 4
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    28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

  9. John 14:13Rank 9 from verse 4
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    13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

  10. John 9:3Rank 10 from verse 4
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    3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

  11. Luke 22:37Rank 11 from verse 4
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    37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

  12. John 5:36Rank 12 from verse 4
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    36¶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

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John 17:2

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 17:3

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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John 17:4

COMBINED MEANING

glorified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of glorify, meaning to honour, praise, magnify, exalt, make glorious, display glory in, or cause the excellence and worth of a person or name to be acknowledged.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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17:1THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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17:4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

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17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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