John 17:15
My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
16They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Psalms 30:9\30:8\My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Isaiah 57:1The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Matthew 6:13And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
Luke 11:4May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
Matthew Henry on John 17:12-17
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled… Read the whole commentary →