"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." — John 17:3

John 17:3 · KJV

“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

— John 17:3

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

John 17 — Context

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

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.

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Cross References

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, {even} in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

1 John 5:11-12

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:

John 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 17:25

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

Hosea 6:3

Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.

John 14:9-10

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou {then}, Shew us the Father?

Hebrews 8:11-12

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.