KJV King James Version
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 17:3
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
WEB World English Bible
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
ASV American Standard Version
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send—Jesus Christ;
Surrounding context — John 17
1 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:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
αὕτηG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itδέG1161 · dethenἐστινG1510 · eimito beἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰώνιοςG166 · aiōnioseternalζωὴG2222 · zōēlifeἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toγινώσκωσινG1097 · ginōskōto knowσὲG4771 · suyouτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoμόνονG3441 · monosaloneἀληθινὸνG228 · alēthinostrueθεὸνG2316 · theosGodκαὶG2532 · kaiandὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἀπέστειλαςG649 · apostellōto sendἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusΧριστόν.G5547 · ChristosChrist
Cross-references
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.1 John 5:11-12And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.Jeremiah 9:23-24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.John 17:25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.John 14:9-10Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?Hebrews 8:11-12And 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.1 John 4:6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].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.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.John 17:21That 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.2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:1 John 4:14-15And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.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.
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