John 17:15

13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

14 I have given them Your word; ^aand the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^bjust as I am not of the world.

15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^athat You should keep them from the evil one.

16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

17 ^aSanctify them by Your truth. ^bYour word is truth.

18 ^aAs You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19 And ^afor their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who¹ will believe in Me through their word;

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The world Jesus speaks of is Satan's anti-God system working in and through men. Within it are the cultures of all nations on earth. Jesus is clearly not of that anti-God system, and He declares that those accompanying Him, the apostles, were not of the world either. They were of the same system as He—the Kingdom of God. The same is true of those in Christ today.

John W. Ritenbaugh
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