John 17:15

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the malignant one.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

In Context

14“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:13And do not bring us into testing, but rescue us from the evil one; because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

Luke 11:4Also, forgive us our sins, because we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And, do not lead us into testing, but deliver us from the malignant one.”

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 →

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