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Prayer for the Son

John 17:3

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
and this is the continuous life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Him whom You sent—Jesus Christ;
YLT
and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send — Jesus Christ;
DBY
And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.Elohim
DRC
Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
GNV
And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωὴ ἵνα γινώσκωσι σὲ τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
RP2018
Αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσίν σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν, καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν χριστόν.
TR-Boyd
Αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν Θεόν, καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
SCR1894
αυτη δε εστιν η αιωνιος ζωη ινα γινωσκωσιν σε τον μονον αληθινον θεον και ον απεστειλας ιησουν χριστον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 John 5:20And 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.
  • 1 John 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  • John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  • Jeremiah 9:23–24This 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. But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that…
  • John 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
  • Hosea 6:3So 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.
  • John 14:9–10Jesus 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’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father…
  • Hebrews 8:11–12No 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. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their…
  • 1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
  • Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  • John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  • John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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