John 17:5

And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.

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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 have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish.

6I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given to me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me. And they have kept your word.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.

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

John 3:13And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.

John 10:30I and the Father are one.”

John 17:24Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.

Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

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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