John 17:8

because I have given them the sayings which You have given to me; and they have received and known for sure that I came forth from You, and they have believed that You sent me.

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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

7They now know that everything You have given to me is from You;

9I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, because they are yours.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

John 6:68So Simon Peter answered Him: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 12:49because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me, He gave me a command, 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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