# John 17.26

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.</span>** (John 17:24-26, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”</span>** (John 17:24-26, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.</span>** (John 17:24-26, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">'Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">'Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">and I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.'</span>** (John 17:24-26, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Love](/codex/argument-from-love/), via [John 17.24-26](/codex/john-17-24-26/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 17](/codex/john-17/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3686 - onoma](/codex/g3686-onoma/)
- [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.