John 17:15-18
English Standard Version
15 I (A)do not ask that you (B)take them out of the world, but that you (C)keep them from (D)the evil one.[a] 16 (E)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (F)Sanctify them[b] in the truth; (G)your word is truth. 18 (H)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
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- John 17:15 Or from evil
- John 17:17 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God)
John 17:15-18
New Living Translation
15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.
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John 17:15-19
The Message
13-19 Now I’m returning to you.
I’m saying these things in the world’s hearing
So my people can experience
My joy completed in them.
I gave them your word;
The godless world hated them because of it,
Because they didn’t join the world’s ways,
Just as I didn’t join the world’s ways.
I’m not asking that you take them out of the world
But that you guard them from the Evil One.
They are no more defined by the world
Than I am defined by the world.
Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth;
Your word is consecrating truth.
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world,
I give them a mission in the world.
I’m consecrating myself for their sakes
So they’ll be truth-consecrated in their mission.
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John 17:15-18
New International Version
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