John 17:16 - People's Commentary (NT)

John 17:16

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;

21 ^athat they all may be one, as ^bYou, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

22 And the ^aglory which You gave Me I have given them, ^bthat they may be one just as We are one:

23 I in them, and You in Me; ^athat they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

24 ^a“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; ^bfor You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world. The world had hated the Master and was about to slay him, because he was not of the world. So it would hate the apostles, who were not of the world, and seek to slay them; he does not pray that they should be taken out of the world, for they have a work to do, but that the Father would keep them from the power of the evil one.

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