John 17:14-18

14 "I have given them Your word; and ¹the world has hated them, because ²they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from ³the evil one.

16 "⁴They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17 "⁵Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

18 "As ⁶You sent Me into the world, ⁷I also have sent them into the world.

Cross References

• 1. John 15:19
• 2. John 8:23; John 17:16
• 3. Matthew 5:37
• 4. John 17:14
• 5. John 15:3
• 6. John 3:17; John 17:3, 8, 21, 23, 25
• 7. Matthew 10:5; John 4:38; John 20:21

Footnotes

• [a] Or "out of" the power of
• [b] Or "evil"