John 17:8

For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Berean Standard Bible

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 know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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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