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


In Context

1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

2 "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.

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

4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

John 17:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send — Jesus Christ;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.