John 17:15

I do not ask thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from Evil.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

16They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:13and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.’

Luke 11:4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who wrongs us; and take 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 →

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