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15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
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My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
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Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
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As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
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For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
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