John 17:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

Psalm 9:10

And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

Proverbs 8:35

For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord;

Isaiah 48:16

Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit.

Isaiah 53:11

he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Mark 9:37

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me; for he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

John 10:36

do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

John 11:42

I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me.”

John 14:26

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 17:18

As thou didst send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

John 17:21

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

John 17:23

I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.

John 17:25

O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee; and these know that thou hast sent me.

John 17:8

for I have given them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from thee; and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 3:17

For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he gives the Spirit;

John 5:44

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 6:57

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me.

John 7:29

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

John 8:19

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Philippians 3:10

that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Philippians 3:8

Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

2 Thessalonians 1:8

inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

2 Peter 1:8

For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:2

the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:23

No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

1 John 4:6

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.