John 17:25 “Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, an…”

John 17:25

Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

American Standard Version

O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

Geneva Bible 1599

O righteous Father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen, that thou hast sent me.

Darby Translation

Righteous Father, — and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

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,

Bible in Basic English

Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

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Cross references

“righteous”

John 17:11 Isaiah 45:21 Romans 3:26

John 17:11 · BSB

I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

Isaiah 45:21 · BSB

Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; ther…

Romans 3:26 · BSB

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

“the world”

John 15:21 Hebrews 8:11 John 8:55 Luke 10:22 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 8:19

John 15:21 · BSB

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

Hebrews 8:11 · BSB

No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

John 8:55 · BSB

You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

Luke 10:22 · BSB

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

2 Corinthians 4:4 · BSB

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 8:19 · BSB

“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

“but”

John 7:29 John 10:15 John 1:18 John 5:19 John 5:20

John 7:29 · BSB

but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

John 10:15 · BSB

just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 1:18 · BSB

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

John 5:19 · BSB

So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

John 5:20 · BSB

The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

“these”

John 17:8 John 16:27 John 6:19 John 16:30 Matthew 16:16

John 17:8 · BSB

For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

John 16:27 · BSB

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

John 6:19 · BSB

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

John 16:30 · BSB

Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

Matthew 16:16 · BSB

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Also

John 17:18 John 17:3 John 17:23 John 3:17 John 17:21 1 John 1:9

John 17:18 · BSB

As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

John 17:3 · BSB

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

John 17:23 · BSB

I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

John 3:17 · BSB

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 17:21 · BSB

that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

1 John 1:9 · BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24Father, 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.

26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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