John 17:16
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
In Context
15I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
Cross References
John 17:14I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of 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 →