John 17:24

'Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.

25'Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:21To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

Matthew 25:23'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 26:29and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.'

Luke 22:28'And ye — ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

John 1:14And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

John 14:3and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

Matthew Henry on John 17:21-24

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved… Read the whole commentary →

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