John 17:16

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

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In Context

15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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Cross References

John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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 →

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