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 has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

"Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The things that I tell you all I do not speak on my own authority: but the Father dwelling within me carries on His own work.

"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit,

And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

Received

Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.

For it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some bread,

But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

And have

"I have revealed Thy perfections to the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to me, and they have obeyed Thy message.

for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.

And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

General references

He who is a child of God listens to God's words. You do not listen to them: and why? It is because you are not God's children."

Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.