John 17:5

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

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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 glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

6“I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:22“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

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

John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

John 10:30I and the Father are one.”

John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

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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