²since ^qyou have given him authority over all flesh, ^rto give eternal life to all ^swhom you have given him. ³^tAnd this is eternal life, ^uthat they know you, ^vthe only ^wtrue God, and ^xJesus Christ whom you have sent.

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John 17:2–3: … since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Cross references

qSee Matt. 28:18; Rev. 2:26, 27
rch. 10:28; 1 John 2:25
sver. 6, 9, 24; ch. 6:37, 39; 10:29; 18:9; Heb. 2:13
t[1 John 5:20]
u Hos. 2:20; 6:3; 2 Pet. 1:2, 3
vch. 5:44
w 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 John 5:20; [Jer. 10:10]
xSee ch. 3:17

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

since you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent—Jesus Christ.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

just as you have given him authority over all flesh, in order that he would give eternal life to them—everyone whom you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

KJV 1900King James Version

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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