World English Bible

John 17:15

“I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.”

Verse in context — John 17

But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

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