KJV 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.
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John 17:24
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
WEB World English Bible
Father, 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.
ASV American Standard Version
Father, I desire 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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.
Surrounding context — John 17
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 them, as thou hast loved me.
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.
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Πάτερ,G3962 · patērfatherὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδέδωκάςG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeθέλωG2309 · thelōto will/desireἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)εἰμὶG1510 · eimito beἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weκἀκεῖνοιG2532 · kaiandὦσινG1510 · eimito beμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterἐμοῦ,G1473 · egōI/weἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toθεωρῶσινG2334 · theōreōto see/experienceτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξανG1391 · doxagloryτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐμὴνG1473 · egōI/weἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichδέδωκάςG1325 · didōmito giveμοι,G3165 · memeὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἠγάπησάςG25 · agapaōto loveμεG3165 · memeπρὸG4253 · probeforeκαταβολῆςG2602 · katabolēbeginningκόσμου.G2889 · kosmosworld
Cross-references
John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour.John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Matthew 25:21His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.Genesis 45:13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.Luke 22:28-30Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.Luke 12:37Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.Revelation 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Matthew 26:29But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.Proverbs 8:21-31That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.Philippians 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Revelation 7:14-17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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