KJV King James Version
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
WEB World English Bible
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
ASV American Standard Version
And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandνῦνG3568 · nunnowδόξασόνG1392 · doxazōto glorifyμεG3165 · memeσύ,G4771 · suyouπάτερ,G3962 · patērfatherπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideσεαυτῷG4771 · suyouτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξῃG1391 · doxagloryᾗG3739 · hos, hēwhichεἶχονG2192 · echōto have/beπρὸG4253 · probeforeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμονG2889 · kosmosworldεἶναιG1511 · einaito existπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideσοί.¶G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
John 1:1-3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Colossians 1:15-17Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,John 10:30I and [my] Father are one.Philippians 2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:Revelation 5:9-14And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Hebrews 1:10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:John 17:24Father, 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.Proverbs 8:22-31The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].John 8:58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.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:John 14:9Jesus 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?1 John 1:2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)John 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.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.Revelation 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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