John 17:3

WEB

³This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

KJV

³ And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

BSB

³Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

FBV

³Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.

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Extra References

1 John 5:20

²⁰We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we 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.

1 John 5:11-12

¹¹The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

²³The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches. ²⁴But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says the LORD.

John 3:17

¹⁷For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

John 17:25

²⁵Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

Hosea 6:3

³Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

John 14:9-10

⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

Hebrews 8:11-12

¹¹They will not teach every man his fellow citizen^[+] and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest. ¹²For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

1 John 4:6

⁶We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

1 Chronicles 28:9

⁹You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.