John 17:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

I have

Received

1 Thessalonians 4:1

And have

John 17:6

John 16:27

1 John 4:14

General references

John 8:47

John 12:49

Bible References

I have

I have given them your message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.

Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,

Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me? I am not saying these things on my own authority, but the Father who always remains in union with me is doing these things Himself.

He answered: "It is you and not they who are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,

And He has given some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

Received

Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.

For the account that I passed on to you I myself received from the Lord Himself, that the Lord Jesus on the night He was betrayed took a loaf of bread

Now let me remind you, brothers, of the essence of the good news which I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you now are standing,

For another reason too, we, as far as we are concerned, are constantly giving thanks to God; that is, when you received the message you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which keeps on working in you who believe.

Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.

And have

"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

for the Father tenderly loves you Himself, because you now tenderly love me and now believe that I have come from the Father.

We have seen and now testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.

General references

Whoever is sprung from God listens to what God says. This is why you do not listen to me: you are not sprung from God."

This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.