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John 17:15-18
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John 17:15-18
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Just as I didn't join the world's ways. I'm not asking that you take them out of the world But that you guard them from the Evil One.
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They are no more defined by the world Than I am defined by the world.
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Make them holy - consecrated - with the truth; Your word is consecrating truth.
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In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.