John 17:6

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ESV	“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
NIV	“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
NLT	“I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
KJV	I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

^{John 17:5 ← John 17:6 → John 17:7}

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