John 17:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² [Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

² even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

Common English Bible

² You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

English Standard Version 2016

² since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

John 17:2 Cross References

Psalm 110:1

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Daniel 7:14

And 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.

Matthew 11:27

All 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.

Matthew 25:46

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

John 17:24

Father, 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.

John 17:6

I 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.

John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

John 3:35

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

John 4:14

but 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 6:27

Labour 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.

John 6:37

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

John 6:39

And 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.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:20

which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Philippians 2:10

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

1 Timothy 1:16

Howbeit 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.

Hebrews 1:2

hath 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;

1 Peter 3:22

who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

1 John 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;)

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

1 John 5:20

And 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.

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.