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John 17:15 KJV
John · chapter 17 · verse 15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.John 17:15 · King James Version
John 17:15 in context
13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- prayerōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- takeairōto raise up, elevate, lift up, to raise from the ground, take up stones, to raise…G142 →
- keeptēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
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After the general pleas with which Christ recommended his disciples to his Father's care follow the particular petitions he puts up for them; and, 1. They all relate to spiritual blessings in heavenly things.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-16