15I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil.


In Context

12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled.

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

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

15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil.

16 They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.

John 17:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15I do not demand that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them out of evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil.