John 17:3, 14, 25

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.

I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.

“O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy],yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me