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 10:28–29And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 6:39And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
• Dan 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
• Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Heb 2:8–9Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
• John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Ps 2:6–12Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 17:6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
• 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
• John 3:35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
• Matt 11:27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• Eph 1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• Heb 1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Ps 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Col 3:3–4For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
• John 5:21–29For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• 1 Jn 1:2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
• Phil 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
• 1 Tim 1:16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• John 6:54–57Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
• John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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