John 17:16
They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
In Context
15I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.
17Consecrate them by the truth; your message is truth.
Cross References
John 17:14I have given them your message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to 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 →