John 17:24

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Summary

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

I will

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I will

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

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Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.

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From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.