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John 17:25

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

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ASV

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

KJV

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
πάτερpaterFatherG3962 →
δίκαιε,dikaierighteous,G1342 →
καὶkaialthoughG2532 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
κόσμοςkosmosworldG2889 →
σεseYouG4771 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔγνω,egnōhas known,G1097 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
δέdenowG1161 →
σεseYouG4771 →
ἔγνων,egnōnhave known,G1097 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὗτοιhoutoitheseG3778 →
ἔγνωσανegnōsanhave knownG1097 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
σύsuYou yourselfG4771 →
μεmeMeG3165 →
ἀπέστειλας·apesteilassent;G649 →

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John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.John 8:42Jesus 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.1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.John 1:10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.1 John 5:20And 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 17:11I 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 17:8For 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 7:29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.1 John 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.John 1:26“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”Hebrews 8:11No 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.2 Corinthians 4:4The 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 5:19–20So 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 8:55You 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 10:22All 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.”

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