John 17:15

I do not pray that you may take them out of the world, but that you may keep them from the evil one.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

14I have given unto them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

16They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

Read all of John 17

Cross References

Matthew 6:13lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Luke 11:4and forgive us our sins; for we also do forgive every one owing us: and lead us not into temptation.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 17:15