John 17:16
They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
In Context
17Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
Cross References
John 17:14I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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 →