KJV 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.
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John 17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
WEB World English Bible
Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
ASV American Standard Version
O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,
Surrounding context — John 17
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
πάτερG3962 · patērfatherδίκαιε,G1342 · dikaiosjustκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμοςG2889 · kosmosworldσεG4771 · suyouοὐκG3756 · ounoἔγνω,G1097 · ginōskōto knowἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weδέG1161 · dethenσεG4771 · suyouἔγνων,G1097 · ginōskōto knowκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἔγνωσανG1097 · ginōskōto knowὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatσύG4771 · suyouμεG3165 · memeἀπέστειλας·G649 · apostellōto send
Cross-references
John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].John 7:29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.John 16:27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.John 17:8For 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.John 15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.Hebrews 8:11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.John 5:19-20Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.Luke 10:22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.John 8:55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.John 8:19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.Isaiah 45:21Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it from that time? [have] not I the LORD? and [there is] no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me.1 Corinthians 1:21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.John 17:23I 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.Romans 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
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