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John 17:3
New King James Version
John 17:3
New King James Version
3 And (A)this is eternal life, that they may know You, (B)the only true God, and Jesus Christ (C)whom You have sent.
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John 17:3
New International Version
John 17:3
New International Version
John 17:3
Revised Standard Version
John 17:3
Revised Standard Version
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
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John 17:3-5
The Message
John 17:3-5
The Message
Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers
17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:
Father, it’s time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.
* * *
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John 17:3
Good News Translation
John 17:3
Good News Translation
3 (A)And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
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John 17:3-5
New King James Version
John 17:3-5
New King James Version
3 And (A)this is eternal life, that they may know You, (B)the only true God, and Jesus Christ (C)whom You have sent. 4 (D)I have glorified You on the earth. (E)I have finished the work (F)which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [a]with Yourself, with the glory (G)which I had with You before the world was.
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- John 17:5 Lit. alongside
John 17:3-5
New International Version
John 17:3-5
New International Version
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B) 4 I have brought you glory(C) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(D) 5 And now, Father, glorify me(E) in your presence with the glory I had with you(F) before the world began.(G)
John 17:3-5
Revised Standard Version
John 17:3-5
Revised Standard Version
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 4 I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do; 5 and now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made.
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John 17:3-5
The Message
John 17:3-5
The Message
Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers
17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:
Father, it’s time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.
* * *
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John 17:3-5
Good News Translation
John 17:3-5
Good News Translation
3 (A)And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent. 4 I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do. 5 Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.
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