John 17:16

16 They are not of the worlde as I am not of the worlde.

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.

John 17:16 In-Context

14 I have geven them thy wordes and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde even as I am not of the worlde.

15 I desyre not that thou shuldest take the out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from evyll.

16 They are not of the worlde as I am not of the worlde.

17 Sanctify the wt thy truth. Thy sayinge is truth.

18 As thou dyddest send me into the worlde even so have I sent them into the worlde