John 17:25

O righteous Father! Indeed the world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

In Context

24“Father, I desire that those also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory which You gave to Me; because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

26And I made known to them Your name, and I will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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Cross References

Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed Him. 1 The Witness of John the Baptist

John 5:19Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

John 7:29I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

John 8:55And yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I would say that I do not know Him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know Him, and I keep His word.

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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