And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
- KJV And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- NKJV And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- NASB and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- NLT I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
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Jesus has made the Father's name known and will continue to do so, that the Father's love and Christ himself may dwell in believers. The prayer ends with love and indwelling.
Overview
Jesus closes his prayer by promising ongoing revelation of the Father, with the goal that the very love the Father has for the Son would be in his people, and that he himself would dwell in them. This is the climax of the prayer: not merely knowledge but the indwelling love of God and the abiding presence of Christ. It assures believers of intimate union with God through Christ.
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Cross-references · 27
- John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
- 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 15:9As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
- 1 Jn 4:13–14By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
- Heb 2:12He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- Ps 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
- John 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- Col 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- Eph 5:30For we are members of His body.
- John 8:50I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
- Eph 5:32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
- Col 2:10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
- Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- 1 Jn 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Eph 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- 1 Cor 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
- Rom 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- 2 Th 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Eph 1:22–23And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Eph 2:4–5But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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