John 17:6

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John 17:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

6 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.

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

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.

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John 17:26

And 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.”

John 1:18

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 12:28

Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

Exodus 3:13

Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

Exodus 3:14

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Exodus 3:15

God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

Exodus 9:16

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 34:5

And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

Exodus 34:6

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Exodus 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Psalms 22:22

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

Psalms 71:17

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

Psalms 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalms 71:19

Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

Matthew 11:27

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

Luke 10:21

At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

Luke 10:22

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 4:6

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 2:12

He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 17:2

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

John 17:9

I 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.

John 17:11

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.

John 17:14

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 17:16

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 17:24

Father, 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.

John 6:37

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

John 10:27

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:29

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

John 18:9

This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

John 17:10

All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

Romans 8:28

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Romans 8:30

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Romans 11:2

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

Ephesians 1:4

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

Ephesians 1:5

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:8

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Ephesians 1:9

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

Ephesians 1:11

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

John 8:31

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 14:21

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

John 14:22

Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

John 14:24

Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Psalms 119:11

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Proverbs 2:2

if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 2:3

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 3:2

for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Proverbs 3:3

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

Revelation 3:8

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.