John 17:16
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 for you to take them away from the world, but for you to keep them from the evil one.
17Set them apart by the truth. Your word is truth.
Cross References
John 17:14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just 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 →