John 17:26

And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

25Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

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Cross References

Psalms 22:22\22:21\Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

John 8:50I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

John 14:23Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

John 15:9Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

John 17:6I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

Romans 8:10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Matthew Henry on John 17:25-26

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 24 Father, 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. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And 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. Here is, I. A petition for the… Read the whole commentary →

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