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John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
John 17:15 · American Standard Version
John 17:15 in other translations
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
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In context
12 While 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.
13 But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
14 I 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.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.
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