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John 17:3
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Eternal life is simply knowing you, the true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to save 'em.
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
And this is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
And this is life eternall, that they might know thee the onely true God, and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
And this is everlasting life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
But this is the life euerlastinge, that they knowe the (that thou onely art the true God) and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah 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.
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And this is eternal life, that they should know you the only true God, and him whom you sent, [even] Jesus Christ.
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;
And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
Now this is eternal life—that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.
And eternal life is this: to know you, the one true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
And this is life eternal, that they might know you, that you are the only true God, even the one who sent Jesus Christ.
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent - Jesus Christ.Isaiah 53:11; Jeremiah 9:24; John 3:34; 5:36-37; 7:29; 10:36; 11:42; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:9;">[xr]
But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha, [fn] and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha.
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, that thou art the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Messiah.
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.
This is life that lasts forever. It is to know You, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ Whom You have sent.
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
And, this, is the age-abiding life, That they get to know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.
Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
This is lyfe eternall, that they myght knowe thee, the only true God, & Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.
"And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
And this is euerlastynge lijf, that thei knowe thee very God aloone, and whom thou hast sent, Jhesu Crist.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
this: John 17:25, John 8:19, John 8:54, John 8:55, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Psalms 9:10, Isaiah 53:11, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 6:3, 1 Corinthians 15:34, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 8:11, Hebrews 8:12, 1 John 4:6, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:20
the only: John 14:9, John 14:10, 2 Chronicles 15:3, Jeremiah 10:10, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 Timothy 6:15, 1 Timothy 6:16, 1 John 5:20
and Jesus: John 3:17, John 3:34, John 5:36, John 5:37, John 6:27-29, John 6:57, John 7:29, John 10:36, John 11:42, John 12:49, John 12:50, John 14:26, Isaiah 48:16, Isaiah 61:1, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48, 1 John 4:14, 1 John 4:15, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 33:13 - that I Deuteronomy 30:20 - thy life 1 Samuel 2:12 - knew 1 Kings 10:1 - concerning 2 Chronicles 30:22 - the good 2 Chronicles 33:13 - knew Job 22:21 - Acquaint Job 24:1 - they that know Psalms 36:10 - that Psalms 91:14 - known Psalms 100:3 - Know Psalms 119:144 - understanding Proverbs 2:5 - find Proverbs 9:10 - the knowledge Proverbs 30:3 - nor Ecclesiastes 7:12 - the excellency Isaiah 19:21 - Lord shall Jeremiah 9:3 - they know Jeremiah 22:16 - was not Ezekiel 20:42 - ye shall Ezekiel 39:22 - know Daniel 11:32 - the people Hosea 2:20 - and Matthew 11:27 - neither Matthew 19:16 - eternal Luke 10:42 - one John 1:26 - whom John 3:15 - eternal John 4:10 - and who John 4:14 - shall never John 4:15 - give John 5:26 - so hath John 7:28 - whom John 10:14 - am John 14:6 - the life John 14:7 - ye John 16:3 - because Acts 5:20 - all Acts 17:23 - To 1 Corinthians 2:2 - not 1 Corinthians 8:6 - one God 1 Corinthians 15:45 - a quickening Galatians 4:9 - ye have Ephesians 1:17 - in the knowledge Ephesians 3:19 - to know Ephesians 4:13 - the knowledge Philippians 3:8 - the excellency Colossians 1:10 - increasing Colossians 2:2 - understanding Colossians 3:10 - knowledge 1 Timothy 2:5 - one God 2 Timothy 1:1 - the promise James 2:19 - General 2 Peter 1:2 - the knowledge 2 Peter 1:3 - through 2 Peter 3:18 - knowledge 1 John 1:2 - that eternal 1 John 1:3 - our fellowship 1 John 2:3 - we know 1 John 2:13 - because 1 John 2:25 - General 1 John 3:23 - his commandment 1 John 4:7 - and knoweth
Cross-References
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael [my firstborn] might live before You!"
Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were purchased with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin the very same day, as God had said to him.
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.
Then He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites.
But they fell on their faces [before the LORD], and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?"
"Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately." Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the LORD].
He said, "No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the LORD." Then Joshua fell with his face toward the earth and bowed down, and said to him, "What does my lord have to say to his servant?"
For when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Angel of the LORD ascended in the altar flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this they fell on their faces to the ground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And this is life eternal,.... That is, the beginning and pledge of it, the way unto it, and means of it, and what will certainly issue in it:
that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. The knowledge of God here spoken of, is not the knowledge of him by the light of nature, and works of creation; for a man may know God in this sense, and not know him in Christ, nor anything of Christ; yea, may know God and profess him in words, and in works deny him, as the Heathens did; nor is eternal life known hereby, nor connected with it: nor is it such a knowledge of God as is to be obtained by the law of Moses, in which God is represented as a righteous and incensed Being; nor is there in it any discovery of God, as a God of love, grace, and mercy in Christ; nor any revelation of a Mediator, Saviour and Redeemer; nor can it either show, or give to persons eternal life; and yet what is here said of the knowledge of God and Christ, the Jews say of the law d,
"one man said to his friend, let us dash them against that wall and kill them, because they have left ××× ×¢××× ×××, "eternal life"; (the gloss upon it is, ת×ר×, "the law";) and employ themselves in a temporary life, the gloss says of this world, which is merchandise.''
More truly does Philo the Jew say e, that
"fleeing to the Divine Being, "is eternal life"; and running front him is death.''
But this is to be understood of an evangelic knowledge of God, as the God and Father of Christ, as the God of all grace, pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin, and of Christ Mediator; not a general, notional, and speculative knowledge; but a practical and experimental one; a knowledge of approbation and appropriation; a fiducial one, whereby a soul believes in Christ, and trusts in his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice for salvation; and which, though imperfect, is progressive. The Arians and Unitarians urge this text, against the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus, and his equality with the Father, but without success; since the Father is called the only true God, in opposition to the many false gods of the Heathens, but not to the exclusion of the Son or Spirit; for Christ is also styled the one Lord, and only Lord God, but not to the exclusion of the Father; yea the true God and eternal life; was he not, he would never, as here, join himself with the only true God; and besides, eternal life is made to depend as much upon the knowledge of him, as of the Father. The reason of this different mode of expression, is owing to the character of Christ as Mediator, who is said to be sent by the only true God, about the business of man's salvation. Nor is it of any moment what the Jew f objects, that Jesus here confesses, that the true God is only one God; nor does he call himself God, only the Messiah sent by God; and that the Apostle Paul also asserts the unity of God, 1 Timothy 1:17; and therefore Jesus cannot be God: for Christ and his Father, the only true God, are one; and that he is the one true God with his Father, he tacitly suggests here by joining himself with him; and what the Apostle Paul says of the one and only wise God, may as well be understood of Christ, the Son of God, as of the Father; since all the characters in the text agree with him, and of him he had been speaking in the context.
d T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 21. 1. e De profugis, p. 461. f R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 55. p. 445.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This is life eternal - This is the source of eternal life; or it is in this manner that it is to be obtained. The knowledge of God and of his Son Jesus Christ is itself a source of unspeakable and eternal joy. Compare John 11:25; John 6:63; John 12:50.
Might know thee - The word âknowâ here, as in other places, expresses more than a mere speculative acquaintance with the character and perfections of God. âIt includes all the impressions on the mind and life which a just view of God and of the Saviour is fitted to produce.â It includes, of course, love, reverence, obedience, honor, gratitude, supreme affection. âTo know God as he isâ is to know and regard him as a lawgiver, a sovereign, a parent, a friend. It is to yield the whole soul to him, and strive to obey his law.
The only true God - The only God, in opposition to all false gods. What is said here is in opposition to idols, not to Jesus himself, who, in 1 John 5:20, is called âthe true God and eternal life.â
And Jesus Christ - To know Jesus Christ is to have a practical impression of him as he is - that is, to suffer his character and work to make their due impression on the heart and life. Simply to have heard that there is a Saviour is not to know it. To have been taught in childhood and trained up in the belief of it is not to know it. To know him is to have a just, practical view of him in all his perfections as God and man; as a mediator; as a prophet, a priest, and a king. It is to feel our need of such a Saviour, to see that we are sinners, and to yield the whole soul to him, knowing that he is a Saviour suited to our needs, and that in his hands our souls are safe. Compare Ephesians 3:19; Titus 1:16; Philippians 3:10; 1 John 5:20. In this verse is contained the sum and essence of the Christian religion, as it is distinguished from all the schemes of idolatry and philosophy, and all the false plans on which men have sought to obtain eternal life. The Gentiles worshipped many gods; the Christian worships one - the living and the true God; the Jew, the Deist, the Muslim, the Socinian, profess to acknowledge one God, without any atoning sacrifice and Mediator; the true Christian approaches him through the great Mediator, equal with the Father, who for us became incarnate, and died that he might reconcile us to God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 17:3. This is life eternal — The salvation purchased by Christ, and given to them who believe, is called life:
1. Because the life of man was forfeited to Divine justice; and the sacrifice of Christ redeemed him from that death to which he was exposed.
2. Because the souls of men were dead in trespasses and sins; and Christ quickens them by his word and Spirit.
3. Because men who are not saved by the grace of Christ do not live, they only exist, no good purpose of life being answered by them. But when they receive this salvation they live - answer all the Divine purposes, are happy in themselves, useful to each other, and bring glory to God.
4. It is called eternal life to show that it reaches beyond the limits of time, and that it necessarily implies -
1. The immortality of the soul;
2. the resurrection of the body; and
3. that it is never to end, hence called αιÏÎ½Î¹Î¿Ï Î¶Ïη, a life ever living; from αει, always, and Ïν, being or existence. And indeed no words can more forcibly convey the idea of eternity than these. It is called η αιÏÎ½Î¹Î¿Ï Î¶Ïη, THAT eternal life, by way of eminence. There may be an eternal existence without blessedness; but this is that eternal life with which infinite happiness is inseparably connected.
The only true God — The way to attain this eternal life is to acknowledge, worship, and obey, the one only true God, and to accept as teacher, sacrifice, and Saviour, the Lord Jesus, the one and only true Messiah. Bishop Pearce's remark here is well worthy the reader's attention: -
"What is said here of the only true God seems said in opposition to the gods whom the heathens worshipped; not in opposition to Jesus Christ himself, who is called the true God by John, in 1 John 5:20."
The words in this verse have been variously translated:
1. That they might acknowledge thee, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent, to be the only true God.
2. That they might acknowledge thee, the only true God, and Jesus, whom thou hast sent, to be the Christ or Messiah.
3. That they might acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus Christ to be him whom thou hast sent. And all these translations the original will bear.
From all this we learn that the only way in which eternal life is to be attained is by acknowledging the true God, and the Divine mission of Jesus Christ, he being sent of God to redeem men by his blood, being the author of eternal salvation to all them that thus believe, and conscientiously keep his commandments.
A saying similar to this is found in the Institutes of Menu. Brigoo, the first emanated being who was produced from the mind of the supreme God, and who revealed the knowledge of his will to mankind, is represented as addressing the human race and saying: "Of all duties, the principal is to acquire from the Upanishads (their sacred writings) a true knowledge of one supreme God; that is the most exalted of sciences, because it ensures eternal life. For in the knowledge and adoration of one God all the rules of good conduct are fully comprised." See Institutes of Menu, chap. xii. Inst. 85, 87.
