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John 17:6–7

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I 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.
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
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From verse 6

  1. John 17:26Rank 1 from verse 6
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    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  2. 1 John 5:20Rank 2 from verse 6
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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.

  3. John 14:21–24Rank 3 from verse 6
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

    22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

  4. John 10:27–29Rank 4 from verse 6
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

    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.

  5. John 17:24Rank 5 from verse 6
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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.

  6. John 6:37Rank 6 from verse 6
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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.

  7. Exodus 34:5–7Rank 7 from verse 6
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    5And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

    6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

    7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  8. John 17:2Rank 8 from verse 6
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  9. Exodus 3:13–15Rank 9 from verse 6
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    13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

    14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

    15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

  10. John 15:19Rank 10 from verse 6
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    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  11. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 11 from verse 6
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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.

  12. 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14Rank 12 from verse 6
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    13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  13. Ephesians 1:4–11Rank 13 from verse 6
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    4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

    5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

    7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

    8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

    9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

    10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

    11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

  14. Matthew 11:25–27Rank 14 from verse 6
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

    26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

    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.

  15. Exodus 9:16Rank 15 from verse 6
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    16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

  16. Hebrews 3:6Rank 16 from verse 6
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    6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

  17. John 15:7Rank 17 from verse 6
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  18. Luke 10:21–22Rank 18 from verse 6
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    21¶ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

    22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  19. Proverbs 3:1–4Rank 19 from verse 6
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    1MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

    2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

    3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

    4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  20. Psalms 119:11Rank 20 from verse 6
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    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  21. Psalms 22:22Rank 21 from verse 6
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    22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

  22. Revelation 3:8Rank 22 from verse 6
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    8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

  23. 2 Timothy 1:13Rank 23 from verse 6
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    13Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  24. Acts 13:48Rank 24 from verse 6
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    48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

  25. Colossians 3:16Rank 25 from verse 6
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    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  26. Hebrews 2:12Rank 26 from verse 6
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    12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

  27. John 1:18Rank 27 from verse 6
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

  28. John 12:28Rank 28 from verse 6
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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.

  29. John 15:3Rank 29 from verse 6
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    3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

  30. John 17:14Rank 30 from verse 6
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    14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  31. John 17:16Rank 31 from verse 6
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    16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  32. John 17:9–11Rank 32 from verse 6
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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.

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

    11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

  33. John 18:9Rank 33 from verse 6
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    9That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

  34. John 6:39Rank 34 from verse 6
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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.

  35. John 8:31–32Rank 35 from verse 6
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    31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

    32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  36. Proverbs 2:1–5Rank 36 from verse 6
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    1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

    3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

  37. Proverbs 2:10Rank 37 from verse 6
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    10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  38. Proverbs 23:23Rank 38 from verse 6
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    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  39. Psalms 71:17–19Rank 39 from verse 6
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    17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

    18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

    19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

  40. Revelation 2:13Rank 40 from verse 6
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    13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

  41. Romans 11:2Rank 41 from verse 6
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    2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

  42. Romans 8:28–30Rank 42 from verse 6
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    28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

    29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  43. 1 Peter 1:1Rank 43 from verse 6
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    1PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

From verse 7

  1. John 7:16–17Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  2. John 16:15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    15All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

  3. John 10:29–30Rank 3 from verse 7
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    29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

    30I and my Father are one.

  4. John 17:10Rank 4 from verse 7
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    10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

  5. John 8:28Rank 5 from verse 7
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    28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

  6. John 12:49–50Rank 6 from verse 7
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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.

  7. John 14:7–10Rank 7 from verse 7
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    7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

    8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

    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. John 14:20Rank 8 from verse 7
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    20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  9. John 16:27–30Rank 9 from verse 7
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    27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

    28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

    29His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

    30Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

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John 17:6

COMBINED MEANING

manifested

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of manifest, meaning to make known, reveal, or show plainly.

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

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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

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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

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John 17:7

COMBINED MEANING

whatsoever

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Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.

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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17:6I 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.

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17:7Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

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17:8For 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.

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

17:10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

17:13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

17:16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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

17:18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

17:20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

17:21That 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.

17:22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

17:23I 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.

17:24Father, 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.

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

17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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