3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
3 And this is the real and eternal life: That they know you, The one and only true God, And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
3 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.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
17 Sanctify them
17 Make them holy - consecrated - with the truth; Your word is consecrating truth.
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
(Read John 17:17-19)
Christ next prayed for the disciples, that they might not only be kept from evil, but made good. It is the prayer of Jesus for all that are his, that they may be made holy. Even disciples must pray for sanctifying grace. The means of giving this grace is, "through thy truth, thy word is truth." Sanctify them, set them apart for thyself and thy service. Own them in the office; let thy hand go with them. Jesus entirely devoted himself to his undertaking, and all the parts of it, especially the offering up himself without spot unto God, by the eternal Spirit. The real holiness of all true Christians is the fruit of Christ's death, by which the gift of the Holy Ghost was purchased; he gave himself for his church, to sanctify it. If our views have not this effect on us, they are not Divine truth, or we do not receive them by a living and a working faith, but as mere notions.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 17:3
Commentary on John 17:1-5
(Read John 17:1-5)
Our Lord prayed as a man, and as the Mediator of his people; yet he spoke with majesty and authority, as one with and equal to the Father. Eternal life could not be given to believers, unless Christ, their Surety, both glorified the Father, and was glorified of him. This is the sinner's way to eternal life, and when this knowledge shall be made perfect, holiness and happiness will be fully enjoyed. The holiness and happiness of the redeemed, are especially that glory of Christ, and of his Father, which was the joy set before him, for which he endured the cross and despised the shame; this glory was the end of the sorrow of his soul, and in obtaining it he was fully satisfied. Thus we are taught that our glorifying God is needed as an evidence of our interest in Christ, through whom eternal life is God's free gift.