John 17:14

I have given Your word to them, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

In Context

13And now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves;

15I do not ask that You may take them out of the world, but that You may keep them out of the evil.

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:27The perverse man [is] an abomination to the righteous, || And the upright in the way [is] an abomination to the wicked!

Matthew 10:24A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

John 15:18if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;

1 Peter 4:4in which they think it strange—your not running with them to the same excess of wastefulness, slandering [you]—

1 John 4:5They are of the world, because they speak of this from the world, and the world hears them;

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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