John 17:8

For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, and haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

7Nowe they knowe that all things whatsoeuer thou hast giuen me, are of thee.

9I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast giuen me: for they are thine.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

Proverbs 2:1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

Proverbs 8:10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

John 3:17For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.

John 6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whome shall we goe? thou hast the wordes of eternall life:

John 12:49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commandement what I should say, and what I should speake.

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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