John 17:2

The Father has given the Son authority over all flesh so that he may give eternal life to those given to him. Christ's universal authority serves the salvation of his people.

Cross-references · 30

• John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
• Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Heb 2:8–9and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to 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.
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Ps 2:6–12“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• 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.
• 1 Cor 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
• Eph 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
• Heb 1:2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
• Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Ps 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
• Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
• John 5:21–29For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• 1 Jn 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
• Phil 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
• 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
• John 6:54–57Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

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