John 17:5

Jesus asks the Father to restore the glory he shared with him before the world existed. This points to his eternal pre-existence and deity.

Cross-references · 18

• John 1:1–3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Col 1:15–17Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
• John 10:30I and my Father are one.
• 1 Pet 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Phil 2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Rev 5:9–14And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
• Heb 1:10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
• 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.
• Prov 8:22–31The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
• John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• Matt 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• John 8:58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
• John 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• 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;)
• John 14:9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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