John 17:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ I am honoring you [while] on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

Common English Bible

⁴ I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ I have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

John 17:4 Cross References

Luke 22:37

For I tell you that this [passage of Scripture], which was written about me, must be fulfilled [Isa. 53:12]: ‘And He [i.e., Jesus] was counted with [i.e., as though He were one of] the criminals.’ For the part [of that passage] that refers to me is being fulfilled.”

John 12:28

‘Father, honor your name [in all this].’” Then a voice came out of heaven, saying, “I have honored it, and I will honor it again.”

John 14:13

And I will do [for you] whatever you ask in my name [i.e., by my authority], so that the Father may be honored through the Son.

John 14:31

But, in order for the world to know that I love the Father, I am [always] doing what the Father commands me to. Let us get up, and leave here.” [i.e., leave the room where they had eaten the Passover meal. See 13:1 with 18:1].

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, [then] you will continue receiving my love; just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and [so] continue receiving His love.

John 19:28

Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”

John 19:30

After drinking some of the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,” [i.e., His work of dying for the sins of mankind] and gave up His spirit [i.e., to God. See Luke 23:46].

John 4:34

Jesus answered them; “My food is doing what God, who sent me, wants me to, and accomplishing His work.

John 5:36

But my testimony is greater than John’s. For the deeds the Father has given me to complete, the very deeds I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “[It was] neither his sin nor his parents’ [sin], but [it happened] so that the deeds of God could be seen in his life.

Acts 20:24

But I do not consider my life to be of value, as precious to me, [when compared to the importance of] accomplishing my task and the mission I received from the Lord Jesus to declare the good news of God’s unearned favor [through Christ].

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good battle; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith [i.e., I have been true to my commitment].