John 17:15
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham [Father of a multitude] and Isaac [Laughter]. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.” (3)
Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? 2 Shall the dust yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you? 2 Shall it declare your truth? 1
Isaiah 57:1The upright perish, 2 and no one lays it to heart. 1 Men of chesed ·loving-kindness· are taken away, 2 and no one considers that the upright is taken away from the evil. 1
Matthew 6:13Do not lead us into hard testing, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen ·So be it·.’
Luke 11:4Forgive us our abstract sins ·miss the marks·, 2 for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. 1 Do not lead us into hard testing, 2 but deliver us from the evil 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 →