John 17:8 “For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received th…”

John 17:8

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

American Standard Version

for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, and haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

Darby Translation

for the words which thou hast given me I have given them, and they have received [them], and have known truly that I came out from thee, and have believed that thou sentest me.

Young's Literal Translation

because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

Bible in Basic English

Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

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Cross references

“I have”

John 17:14 John 6:68 John 14:10 Matthew 13:11 Ephesians 3:2–8 Proverbs 1:23

John 17:14 · BSB

I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 6:68 · BSB

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 14:10 · BSB

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

Matthew 13:11 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Ephesians 3:2–8 · BSB

Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Proverbs 1:23 · BSB

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

“received”

1 Thessalonians 2:13 Proverbs 1:3 Proverbs 8:10 1 Corinthians 15:1 1 Thessalonians 4:1 John 3:33

1 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB

And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

Proverbs 1:3 · BSB

and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Proverbs 8:10 · BSB

Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

1 Corinthians 15:1 · BSB

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 · BSB

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

John 3:33 · BSB

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

“and have”

John 16:30 John 16:27 1 John 4:14 John 17:6 John 17:7 John 17:25

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.”

John 16:27 · BSB

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

1 John 4:14 · BSB

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

John 17:6 · BSB

I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

John 17:7 · BSB

Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

John 17:25 · BSB

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

Also

John 15:15 John 12:49 John 17:21 John 8:42 John 17:23 John 17:18

John 15:15 · BSB

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

John 12:49 · BSB

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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.

John 8:42 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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 17:18 · BSB

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

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

In context

7Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

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