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 thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

but Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life.

don't you believe that I am in the father, and the father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak indeed, tho' not from my self; but as to the works, the father, who dwells in me, he is the agent.

to whom he answered, because you are allowed to know the mysteries of the gospel-dispensation, but to them it is not allowed.

if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles;

It is he then that made some, apostles: some, prophets: some, evangelists: and others, pastors, and teachers:

Received

he that hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

For I received it from the Lord, and I inform'd you of it: that the Lord Jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread:

What I have explain'd to you, my brethren, is the gospel which I preached to you, which you have received, and wherein you have persisted:

nor do we fail of giving thanks to God continually, that, when you received the word of God, which we preach, you did not receive it as the doctrine of men, but as a doctrine that appears to be truly divine, by the influences it displays in you, who believe.

Finally, my brethren, we intreat and conjure you by the Lord Jesus Christ, to observe the instructions we gave you about your religious conduct, and to make continual progress therein.

And have

I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

for the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I had my mission from God.

and we have seen, and do testify, that the father hath sent the son to be the saviour of the world.

General references

he that is of God, does therefore observe what God says: which you do not observe, because ye are not of God.

for I have not spoken for my self; but the father who sent me, he commission'd me, what I should teach, and what I should speak.