John 17:14
Y yaf to hem thi word, and the world hadde hem in hate; for thei ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
15Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.
Cross References
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not aboue the maistir, ne the seruaunt aboue hys lord;
John 7:7The world may not hate you, sothely it hatith me; for Y bere witnessyng therof, that the werkis of it ben yuele.
John 15:18If the world hatith you, wite ye, that it hadde me in hate rather than you.
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 →