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 Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work.

"To you," answered Jesus, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.

For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,

And he it is who gave to the Church Apostles, Prophets, Missionaries, Pastors, and Teachers,

Received

They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you-how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

Next, Brothers, I would remind you of the Good News which I told you, and which you received-the Good News on which you have taken your stand,

This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God--because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is--the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

And have

I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from the Father.

Moreover, our eyes have seen--and we are testifying to the fact--that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

General references

He who comes from God listens to God's teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God."

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.