John 17:15

Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.

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In The King James Version

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

In Context

14Y 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.

16They ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:16the aungel that delyuerede me fro alle yuelis, blesse thes children, and my name be clepid on hem, and the names of my fadris Abraham and Ysaac; and wexe thei in multitude on erthe.

Matthew 6:13but delyuere vs fro yuel.

Luke 11:4And foryyue to vs oure synnes, as we foryyuen to ech man that owith to vs. And lede vs not in to temptacioun.

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 →

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