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John 17:6

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.

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ASV

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

KJV

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἘφανέρωσάEphanerōsaI revealedG5319 →
σουsouYourG4771 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
ὄνομαonomanameG3686 →
τοῖςtoisto theG3588 →
ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoismenG444 →
οὓςhouswhomG3739 →
ἔδωκάςedōkasyou gaveG1325 →
μοιmoiMeG3165 →
ἐκekout ofG1537 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
κόσμου·kosmouworld;G2889 →
σοὶsoiYoursG4771 →
ἦσανēsanthey wereG1510 →
κἀμοὶkamoiand to MeG1473 →G2532 →
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846 →
ἔδωκαςedōkasYou gaveG1325 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
λόγονlogonwordG3056 →
σουsouof YouG4771 →
τετήρηκαν.tetērēkanthey have kept.G5083 →

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Matthew 11:27All 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.John 1:18No 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 17:26And 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.”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 14:21–24Whoever 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 17:9I 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.John 10:27–29My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.John 17:24Father, 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.Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.Exodus 34:5–7And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.John 10:29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.John 14:7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”Exodus 3:13–15Then 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?”John 15:19If 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.2 Thessalonians 2:13–14But 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.

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