John 17:15

I do not pray thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.

Noyes Bible

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

14I 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.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 30:9“What will my blood profit thee, that I should go down to the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest.

Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.

Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11:4and forgive us our sins, for even we ourselves forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.

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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