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John 17:16
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John 17:16 Meaning and Commentary
John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
] These words are repeated from ( John 17:14 ) , where they are given as a reason of the world's hatred to them; and here, as showing that they are exposed to the evil of it; and in both are used as an argument with his Father, that he would take notice of them, and preserve them.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
John 17:16 In-Context
14
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
15
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
16
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
18
As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
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