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


In Context

12 when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

13 'And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;

14 I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

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

16 'Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;

17 sanctify them in Thy 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.