John 17:8

Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

In Context

7Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee:

9I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but that the world may be saved by him.

John 6:68Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away?

John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say and what I should speak.

Matthew Henry on John 17:7-11

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou… Read the whole commentary →

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