John 17:3 Parallel Translations

This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.(GOD'S WORD®)

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

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

BBE:

And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

DBY:

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

ERV:

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

WEY:

And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

WBS:

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

WEB:

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

YLT:

and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;

John 17:3 Cross References

XREF:

John 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 5:44 "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

John 17:8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

John 17:21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the {b} only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
(b) He calls the Father the only true God in order to set him against all false gods, and to include himself and the Holy Spirit, for he immediately joins the knowledge of the Father and the knowledge of himself together, and according to his accustomed manner sets forth the whole Godhead in the person of the Father. So is the Father alone said to be King, immortal, wise, dwelling in light which no man can attain unto, and invisible; Ro 16:27; 1Ti 1:17.

PNT:

17:3 This life is eternal, that they might know thee, etc. The knowledge of God as manifested in Jesus Christ is the first requisite to salvation and life eternal. They key to that knowledge is faith and love.

WES:

17:3 To know - By loving, holy faith, thee the only true God - The only cause and end of all things; not excluding the Son and the Holy Ghost, no more than the Father is excluded from being Lord, 1Cor 8:6; but the false gods of the heathens; and Jesus Christ - As their prophet, priest, and king: this is life eternal - It is both the way to, and the essence of, everlasting happiness.

MHC:

17:1-5 Our Lord prayed as a man, and as the Mediator of his people; yet he spoke with majesty and authority, as one with and equal to the Father. Eternal life could not be given to believers, unless Christ, their Surety, both glorified the Father, and was glorified of him. This is the sinner's way to eternal life, and when this knowledge shall be made perfect, holiness and happiness will be fully enjoyed. The holiness and happiness of the redeemed, are especially that glory of Christ, and of his Father, which was the joy set before him, for which he endured the cross and despised the shame; this glory was the end of the sorrow of his soul, and in obtaining it he was fully satisfied. Thus we are taught that our glorifying God is needed as an evidence of our interest in Christ, through whom eternal life is God's free gift.

CONC:

TRUE Ages Christ Consists Eternal Hast

Age-During Ages Christ Consists Eternal Jesus Life True.

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