Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

¹⁸ We know that ^(A)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God ^(B)keeps^{[a] [b]}himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^(A)that You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17 (B)Sanctify^[a] them by Your truth. ^(C)Your word is truth. ^18 (D)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

^25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^(B)gave Himself for her, ²⁶ that He might ^[a]sanctify and cleanse her ^(C)with the washing of water ^(D)by the word, ^27 (E)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^(F)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.