John 17:14-16

The High Priestly Prayer

¹⁴ _c I have given them your word, and _d the world has hated them _e because they are not of the world, _f just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I _g do not ask that you _h take them out of the world, but that you _i keep them from _j the evil one. ₁ ¹⁶ _k They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

1. Cross References
   John 17:3
   And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
   
2. Cross References
   John 15:19
   If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
   
3. Cross References
   John 17:16
   They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
   
4. Cross References
   John 8:23
   He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
   
5. Cross References
   John 17:9
   I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 5:10
   Not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
   
7. Cross References
   John 17:11
   And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 13:19
   When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
   
9. Cross References
   John 17:14
   I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.