My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
- KJV My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- NKJV My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- NASB My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
- NLT for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.
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Quick answer
The Father, who gave the sheep to Jesus, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from His hand. The believer is held securely by both the Son and the Father.
Overview
Jesus grounds the security of His people in the supreme power of the Father who entrusted them to Him. The double assurance of the Son's hand and the Father's hand makes their safety doubly certain. Election and preservation are presented together as the Father's gracious work.
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- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
- John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
- Mal 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- John 17:6I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
- John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
- Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Dan 4:3How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
- Ps 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
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