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John 17:8

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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.
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  1. John 17:14Rank 1 from verse 8
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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.

  2. John 15:15Rank 2 from verse 8
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    15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

  3. John 16:30Rank 3 from verse 8
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    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.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 4 from verse 8
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    13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

  5. John 16:27Rank 5 from verse 8
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    27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

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John 17:8

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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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.

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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.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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out

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

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believed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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

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.

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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.

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