John 17:15

American Standard Version (1901)

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil [one] .

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  • Ps 121:7 : 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
  • Phil 1:20-26 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if to live in the flesh,--[ if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not. 23 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: 24 yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake. 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith; 26 that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
  • 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one] .
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one] .
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
  • Matt 5:37 : 37 But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil [one] .
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come] .
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Luke 8:38-39 : 38 But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

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  • John 17:16-25
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    87%

    16They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

    17Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

    18As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

    19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

    20Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;

    21that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

    22And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we [are] one;

    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

    24Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [

    25O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

  • John 17:5-14
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    5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

    6I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

    7Now they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee:

    8for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received [them], and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

    10and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them.

    11And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we [are] .

    12While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

    13But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

    14I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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    17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

    18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

    19If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

    20Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

  • John 14:30-31
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    30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

    31but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

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    1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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    26In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;

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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:

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    36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

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    13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one] .

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    31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

  • John 16:33
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    33These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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    7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.

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    28and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

    29My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.

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    1These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee:

    2even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

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    5They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

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    10Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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    17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

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    40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

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    9that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.

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    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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    11of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.