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John 17:1 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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: "
John 17:1
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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:
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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John 17:2
"As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."
John 17:3
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
John 17:4
"I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do."
John 17:5
"And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."
John 17:6
"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."
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