John 17:25

O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these know that you have sent me.

Revised King James New Testament

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

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

26And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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Cross References

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

John 1:18No man has seen God at any time; but God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

John 5:19Then Jesus answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing by himself, but only what he sees the Father doing: for whatever things he does, these things the Son does likewise.

John 7:29But I know him: for I am from him, and he has sent me.

John 8:55Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I would be a liar like you: but I do know him, and 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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