What Does John 17:13 Mean in the King James?
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The joy Jesus speaks of is not merely given to you; his own joy is brought to fullness within you.
THE MEANING
Jesus speaks within the world, and his words carry his joy toward fullness inside you. The joy is not detached from him: it becomes complete within you even while you remain in the world.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that joy must wait until the world around you changes; Jesus’ joy can be coming to fullness within you while you are still in the world.
THE ROOT
πεπληρωμένην
peplērōmenēn
GROWS FROM
πληρόω (plēroō), stem πληρ- (plēr-)
To fill, make full, bring to fullness.
The Greek form describes joy as having been filled or made full within them. “Fulfilled” therefore carries the image of fullness arriving inside a person: the joy is Jesus’ own, and it reaches its fullness in them.
ALSO GROWS
plēroō: To fill or make full; to fulfill.
πληρόω
This is the verb behind “fulfilled,” keeping the image of filling in view.
plērēs: Full, complete.
πλήρης
This adjective shows the condition toward which the joy is brought: fullness.
plērōma: Fullness; that which fills.
πλήρωμα
This related noun makes the inner movement visible: joy has fullness, and that fullness is in them.
THE PATTERN
Joy reaches fullness as divine presence and words become inwardly present.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.THE THREAD
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.John 15:11 uses the same Greek root, πληρόω (plēroō), “to fill, make full,” for joy becoming full. It makes the movement plain: Jesus’ joy remains within you, and your joy reaches fullness there.
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