John 17:3
1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- KJV
- And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- WEB
- This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
- ASV
- And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
- DARBY
- And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
- BLB
- Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You sent.
- ÅB
- og dette er det evige liv at de kjenner deg, den eneste sanne Gud, og ham du utsendte, Jesus Kristus.
- OTB
- Og dette er det evige liv: å kjenne deg, den eneste sanne Gud, og Jesus Kristus, som du har sendt.
- B1930
- og dette er det evige liv at de kjenner dig, den eneste sanne Gud, og ham du utsendte, Jesus Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Read in context1 John 5:11–12
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23–24
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Read in contextJohn 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Read in contextJohn 17:25
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Read in contextHosea 6:3
So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Read in contextJohn 14:9–10
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Read in contextHebrews 8:11–12
No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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