Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly.’
John 17:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. American Standard Version (1901) Father, I desire 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. Common English Bible “Father, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they can see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world. Catholic Public Domain Version Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me; that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world. |
Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly.’
‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.”
‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.”
Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.’
Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.
And he said to him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.’
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.
If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.
‘As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.
since you gave him authority over all people, , so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
I have given them the glory you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.
Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed.
Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.
This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at , the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ #– #which is far better #– #
Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
I did not see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
‘To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.