John 17

Where it is preached

1. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Christ's Priestly Office cites John 17:7

   …priesthood. Whom does Christ intercede for? Not for all promiscuously, but for the elect. John 17:7. The efficacy of Christ’s prayer reaches no further than the efficacy of his blood; but…

2. Communion with God · John Owen

   Other consequential affections cites John xvii. 5

   …was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor.” Being rich in eternal glory with his Father, John xvii. 5, he became poor for believers. The same person that was rich was also poor. That the…

3. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites John 17:5

   …thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was,” (John 17:5). Nor is this omitted by John: for before he descends to the creation of the world, he…

4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites John 17:6

   …life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the son of the living God.” John 17:6, 7, 8, “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world.…

5. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Sanctification cites John xvii. 17

   “Sanctify them through Thy truth.”—John xvii. 17. “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.”—1 Thess. iv. 3. The subject of…

6. Communion with God · John Owen

   How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites John xvii. 19

   …his obedience: and that he did. This very intention in what he did he acquaints us with, John xvii. 19, “For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they may be sanctified through the truth.” “I…

7. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

   The Glory of Christ cites JOHN 17:24

   …glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. JOHN 17:24 Owen’s last book was about the glory of Christ, and he did not live to see it printed. He…

8. Communion with God · John Owen

   Observations and inferences concerning the Spirit cites John xvii. 1

   …of redemption, was now to be glorified with the Father. So he prays that it might be, John xvii. 1, “The hour is come, glorify thy Son;” and that with the glory which he had before the…

9. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

   What More Shall I Say? cites John 17:1

   …to define it and finally concluded it to be the fullness of God, revealed. Jesus said in John 17:1, “Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that the Son may glorify You” and He went to…

10. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of Jesus Christ cites John 17:1

    …and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." And in John 17:1, 2, He says, "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee…

11. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    The Death of Death cites John 17:1–26

    …ACTION 1. Before deciding what you think of Owen’s view, read carefully John 10:11–30, John 17:1–26, 1 Timothy 2:1–6 and 1 John 2:1–2, noting what each passage says. 2. If you hold a view…

12. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites John xvii. 2

    …and earth,” Matt. xxviii. 18. As for men, he hath power given him “over all flesh,” John xvii. 2. And in what glory doth he exercise this power? He gives eternal life to his elect…

13. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in holiness cites John xvii. 2

    …for his people. This himself calls the “power of giving eternal life to his elect,” John xvii. 2; which power is not only his ability to do it, but also his right to do it. Hence this…

14. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites John 17:2

    …the eternal One. Surely this should be our goal, “To know Him and to make Him known” (John 17:2 and Matthew 28:19-20). I am reminded of Moses who was known as God’s friend. He talked…

15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Ruler of the Waves cites John xvii. 2

    …nothing less than the Almighty, and has power over all flesh to eternal life. (Rev. i. 8; John xvii. 2.) Let the anxious inquirer understand that if he will only venture on Jesus, and take up…

16. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction cites JOHN 17:3

    …that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. JOHN 17:3 Few names in Christian history call up such strong feelings as John Calvin’s, and few are…

17. A Retrospect · Hudson Taylor

    Mighty to Save cites John xvii. 3

    …He has given us eternal life, as our Saviour Himself says, in the oft misquoted verse, John xvii. 3: “This is [the object of] life eternal, [not to know but] that they might know Thee the…

18. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Pursuit of God cites JOHN 17:3

    …that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. JOHN 17:3 It follows that the pursuit of God is personal, not technical. There is no method that…

19. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites John xvii. 3

    …doeth evil hath not seen God.” John xiv. 19, “The world seeth me no more; but ye see me.” John xvii. 3, “And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus…

20. Union and Communion · Hudson Taylor

    Introductory cites John xvii. 3

    …Corinthians: “That God may be all in all.” With this agrees the teaching of our Lord in John xvii. 3: “And this is (the object of) life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God…

21. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Why This Book Has Been Written cites John 17:3

    …life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3). It is not a matter of knowing ourselves—what we are, what we do, or what we feel—but…

22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Prefatory Address to King Francis cites John 17:3

    …it to be “life eternal” to know “the only true God, and Jesus Christ,” whom he has sent (John 17:3). For this hope some of us are in bonds, some beaten with rods, some made a gazing—stock…

23. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites John 17:3

    …that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent,” (John 17:3). The more shameful therefore is the presumption of those who throw heaven open to the…

24. The Pursuit of God · A. W. Tozer

    The Gaze of the Soul cites John 17:3

    …life, for instance, is beautiful in itself and, if I mistake not, is nearer in spirit to John 17:3 than that which is current among us today. Life eternal, says Nicholas, is "nought other…

25. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites John 17:3

    …the name of faith, is most absurd. Faith consists in the knowledge of God and Christ (John 17:3), not in reverence for the Church. And we see what a labyrinth they have formed out of…

26. They Were Young – Book 3: Questions · Ochorus Originals

    Blaise Pascal: The Boy Who Wanted Reasons cites John 17:3

    …life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent” (John 17:3). That was the answer to the question his teenage years had left unasked. The God he had…

27. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Did God Make Me? cites John 17:3

    …this: “that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent” (John 17:3). Over 350 years ago, a group of Christians wrote a question-and-answer guide for young…

28. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Way to the Kingdom cites John 17:3

    …life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3.) And they, to whom this is given, may confidently address God, though they were in the…

29. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Without Christ cites John xvii. 3

    …that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.” (John xvii. 3.) It is one of the marks of the wicked, on whom God shall take vengeance at the last day…

30. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Priest cites John xvii. 3

    …over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him.” (John xvii. 3.) “Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree, Him hath God exalted with His right hand to…

31. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    March cites John xvii. 4

    …we lose our own.—Selected. March 26 I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. John xvii. 4. Was the work of the Master indeed done? Was not its heaviest task yet to come? He had…

32. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Ploughman cites John 17:4

    …did, “I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do” (John 17:4, ESV). We value what costs us labor and service, and we will treasure even more those who…

33. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites John 17:4

    …with Jesus, “I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.” (John 17:4.) THE END

34. The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer · Ochorus Originals

    Conclusion cites JOHN 17:4

    I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. JOHN 17:4 Fifteen chapters can make it look as though F. B. Meyer taught a great many things. He…

35. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    January cites Jn 17:4

    …His earthly life. He said: “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me” (Jn 4:34 cp Jn 17:4); “I seek not My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me” (cp Jn 6:38, Ps 40:8)…

36. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Unsearchable Riches cites John xvii. 4

    …rose again. Truly and indeed, “He finished the work which His Father gave Him to do.” (John xvii. 4)—the work of atonement for sin, the work of reconciliation, the work of redemption, the…

37. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites John 17:4

    …to think we have glorified God in our lives. It was Christ’s comfort before his death: John 17:4. ‘I have glorified thee on the earth.’ At the hour of death, all your earthly comforts…

38. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    The End for Which God Created the World cites JOHN 17:5

    …thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. JOHN 17:5 Then there is God’s external or declarative glory — that same fullness shining out, being…

39. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Christ Is All cites John xvii. 5

    …began.”—“I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.” (John xvii. 5, 24; Prov. viii. 23.) Even then He was the Saviour “foreordained before the foundation of…

40. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites John xvii. 6

    …John i. 18; that name which he declares to those who are given him out of the world, John xvii. 6. And this is that which he effectually leads us to by himself, as he is the only way of…

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