I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
- BSB I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- ESV I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
- NKJV I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
- NASB I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
- NLT I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
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- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Acts 20:24But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- John 13:31–32When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
- John 15:10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- John 12:28Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
- Luke 22:37For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ For that which concerns me has an end.”
- John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
- John 14:13Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 5:36But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
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