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John 17:3 - Compare All Versions

John 17:3 NIV (New International Version)

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

John 17:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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

John 17:3 NLT (New Living Translation)

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

John 17:3 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only   true   God, and the one you have sent   — Jesus Christ.

John 17:3 KJV (King James Version)

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

John 17:3 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

John 17:1-5 MSG (The Message)

Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it’s time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. You put him in charge of everything human So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care. And this is the real and eternal life: That they know you, The one and only true God, And Jesus Christ, whom you sent. I glorified you on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do. And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor, The very splendor I had in your presence Before there was a world. * * *

John 17:3 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

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

John 17:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.

John 17:3 NET (New English Translation)

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