John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4I glorified thee on the earth. I finished the work which thou have given me that I should do.

6I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gave me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gave them to me, and they have kept thy word.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:22LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.

John 10:30I and the Father are one.

John 17:24Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world.

Colossians 1:15who is an image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Matthew Henry on John 17:2-6

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 1 These 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: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father,… Read the whole commentary →

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