John 17:3

Good News Translation

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

And to Solomon he said, “My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel lived without the true God, without priests to teach them, and without a law.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know you, Lord, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

Proverbs 8:35

Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them.

Isaiah 48:16

“Now come close to me and hear what I say. From the beginning I have spoken openly and have always made my words come true.” (Now the Sovereign Lord has given me his power and sent me.)

Isaiah 53:11

After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.

Isaiah 61:1

The Sovereign Lord has filled me with his Spirit. He has chosen me and sent me To bring good news to the poor, To heal the broken-hearted, To announce release to captives And freedom to those in prison.

Jeremiah 10:10

But you, Lord, are the true God, you are the living God and the eternal king. When you are angry, the world trembles; the nations cannot endure your anger. (

Hosea 6:3

Let us try to know the Lord. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”

Mark 9:37

“Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not only me but also the one who sent me.”

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all is the greatest.”

John 10:36

As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

John 11:42

I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me.”

John 14:26

The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.

John 17:18

I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.

John 17:21

I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

John 17:25

Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me.

John 17:8

I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.

John 3:34

The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.

John 5:44

You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?

John 6:57

The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.

John 7:29

but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me.”

John 8:19

“Where is your father?” they asked him. “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

The God who said, “Out of darkness the light shall shine!” is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

Philippians 3:10

All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

1 Thessalonians 1:9

All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God

2 Thessalonians 1:8

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 3:1

My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

God's divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:8

These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:2

When this life became visible, we saw it; so we speak of it and tell you about the eternal life which was with the Father and was made known to us.

1 John 1:3

What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:23

For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This, then, is how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God—in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.