give eternal life
Christ's gifts to those whom the Father gave Him:
Eternal life (John 17:2);
the Father's name (John 17:6); (John 17:26); (John 20:17),
the Father's words (John 17:8); (John 17:14));
His own joy (John 17:13);
His own glory (John 17:22).
given him
Seven times Jesus speaks of believers as given to Him by the Father (John 17:2); (John 17:6); (John 17:9); (John 17:11); (John 17:12); (John 17:24). Jesus Christ is God's love-gift to the world (John 3:16), and believers are the Father's love-gift to Jesus Christ. It is Christ who commits the believer to the Father for safe keeping, so that the believer's security rests upon the Father's faithfulness to His Son Jesus Christ.