John 17:3

Prayer for the Son

2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

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Berean Standard Bible
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
Bible in Basic English
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
Free Bible Version
Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
Geneva Bible 1599
And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
King James (Authorized) Version
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
One Unity Resource Bible
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua Messiah [Salvation Anointed one].
Plain English Version
Yes, if people know you, and if they know that you are the only real God, and if they know me, and if they know that I am the Christ that you sent to them, those people will live with us for ever.
Translation for Translators
The way for people to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that I, Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent.
Unlocked Literal Bible
This is eternal life: That they know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
Noah Webster Bible
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
World English Bible
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
Young's Literal Translation
and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send — Jesus Christ;