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George Lamsa Translation

John 17:15

What I request is not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should protect them from evil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Grace of God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Believers;   Christ;   Christ's;   Church;   Family;   Good and Evil Adjacent;   Importunity;   Prayer;   Restraints, Divine;   Secret Prayer;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Declaration;   Disciples/apostles;   Giving and Gifts;   Glory;   Hate;   Jesus Christ;   Knowledge;   Love;   Manifestation;   Sanctification;   Sending and Those Sent;   Truth;   Unity;   Word of God;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holiness;   Prayer, Intercessory;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Priest;   World;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Obedience;   World;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Covenant;   Intercession of Christ;   Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ;   Predestination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Perseverance of the Saints;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Church;   Essenes;   Jabez (1);   Nazarite;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Devil;   John, the Gospel of;   Security of the Believer;   Unity;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Devil;   Ephesians, Epistle to;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Communion (2);   Dependence;   Force;   Holiness;   Manuscripts;   Mental Characteristics;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Pilgrim (2);   Prayer (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sin (2);   Social Life;   Wicked;   Wicked (2);   Worldliness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 20 To Ask, Request;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;   Keeper;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Twelve Apostles, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ethics of Jesus;   Intercession;   Prayers of Jesus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 16;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
King James Version (1611)
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keepe them from the euill.
King James Version
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
English Standard Version
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
New American Standard Bible
"I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one.
New Century Version
I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to keep them safe from the Evil One.
Amplified Bible
"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep them and protect them from the evil one.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
Legacy Standard Bible
I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
Berean Standard Bible
I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
Contemporary English Version
Father, I don't ask you to take my followers out of the world, but keep them safe from the evil one.
Complete Jewish Bible
I don't ask you to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.
Darby Translation
I do not demand that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them out of evil.
Easy-to-Read Version
"I am not asking you to take them out of the world. But I am asking that you keep them safe from the Evil One.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou keepe them from euill.
Good News Translation
I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.
Lexham English Bible
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.
Literal Translation
I do not pray that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil.
American Standard Version
I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
Bible in Basic English
My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
Hebrew Names Version
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
International Standard Version
I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.Matthew 6:13; Galatians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 5:18;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Not that thou wouldest take them out of the world do I pray, but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil;
Murdock Translation
I pray not, that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from euyll.
English Revised Version
I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
World English Bible
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I do not pray, that thou wouldest take them out of the world, but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil one.
Weymouth's New Testament
I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.
Update Bible Version
I don't pray that you should take them from the world, but that you should keep them from the evil [one].
Webster's Bible Translation
I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.
New English Translation
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.
New King James Version
I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
New Living Translation
I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
New Life Bible
I do not ask You to take them out of the world. I ask You to keep them from the devil.
New Revised Standard
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I request not, that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them out of the evil:
Douay-Rheims Bible
I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil.
Revised Standard Version
I do not pray that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I desyre not that thou shuldest take the out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from evyll.
Young's Literal Translation
I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I praye not that thou shuldest take them out of the worlde, but that thou kepe the fro euell.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I do not pray you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the malignity of it.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm not asking you to remove them from this world, but to protect them from the devil.

Contextual Overview

11 Hereafter I am not in the world, but these are in the world; and I am coming to you. O holy Father, protect them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I protected them in your name; those you gave me I protected, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 Now I am coming to you; and these things I speak while I am in the world, that my joy may be complete in them. 14 I have given them your word; and the world hated them, because they were not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 What I request is not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should protect them from evil. 16 For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

take: Psalms 30:9, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 38:18, Isaiah 38:19, Isaiah 57:1, Luke 8:38, Luke 8:39, Philippians 1:20-26

keep: Genesis 48:16, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms 121:7, Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4, Galatians 1:4, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 John 5:18

Reciprocal: Luke 22:32 - I have John 14:16 - I will John 17:11 - keep 1 Corinthians 5:10 - of this 2 Corinthians 13:7 - I pray 2 Timothy 1:12 - keep 2 Timothy 4:18 - deliver Titus 2:12 - this James 1:27 - to keep 1 Peter 1:5 - kept 1 Peter 3:11 - eschew

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many peoples.
Genesis 32:28
And he said to him. Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel (the Prince of God); for you have proved your strength wrestling with an angel and with man, and have prevailed.
2 Samuel 12:25
Then he sent for Nathan the prophet; and he named the child Jedidah because the LORD loved him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I pray not that thou shouldest take theft of the world,.... Either in an unusual manner, by a translation, as Enoch and Elijah were; or by death in its common form, before their time, and purely to be rid of afflictions: this he prayed not for; for he had much work for them to do, by preaching the Gospel, for the conversion of sinners and comfort of saints; and it was for his interest they should live longer; and it would make most for his glory, and be best for his chosen people and churches:

but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil; either of sin, which is an evil and bitter thing, being committed against a good God, and a righteous law, and brings ruin and destruction upon men; from this the apostles were kept, and all the saints are; not from indwelling sin, nor from the commission of sin, but from the dominion of it, and from falling into it and by it, so as to perish eternally: or from the evil of the world; not from afflictions in it; nor from the reproach and persecution of it; but from its wickedness and lusts, and from the evil men of it: or from Satan the evil one, who is eminently, originally, and immutably so; not from being tempted by him, but from sinking under his temptations, and from being devoured by him. Christ's praying for this, after this manner, shows that evil is very abhorrent, pernicious and powerful; the danger saints are in by it; their incapacity to keep themselves from it; and that the Lord alone is the keeper of his people; but does not suggest that Christ has dropped the charge of them, or is unequal to it; but by so doing he expresses his great love to them, how dear they are to him, and what care he takes of them, and what concern he has for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That thou shouldest take them out of the world - Though they were going into trials and persecutions, yet Jesus did not pray that they might be removed soon from them. It was better that they should endure them, and thus spread abroad the knowledge of his name. It would be easy for God to remove his people at once to heaven, but it is better for them to remain, and show the power of religion in supporting the soul in the midst of trial, and to spread his gospel among men.

Shouldest keep them from the evil - This may mean either from the evil one that is, the devil, or from evil in general that is, from apostasy, from sinking in temptation. Preserve them from that evil, or give them such grace that they may endure all trials and be sustained amid them. See the notes at Matthew 6:13. It matters little how long we are in this world if we are kept in this manner.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 17:15. That thou shouldest take them out of the world — They must not yet leave the land of Judea: they had not as yet borne their testimony there, concerning Christ crucified and risen again from the dead. To take them away before this work was finished would not answer the gracious design of God. -

1. Christ does not desire that his faithful apostles should soon die, and be taken to God. No: but that they may live long, labour long, and bring forth much fruit.

2. He does not intimate that they should seclude themselves from the world by going to the desert, or to the cloisters; but that they should continue in and among the world, that they may have the opportunity of recommending the salvation of God.

3. Christ only prays that while they are in the world, employed in the work of the ministry, they may be preserved from the influence, του πονηρου, of the evil one, the devil, who had lately entered into Judas, John 13:27, and who would endeavour to enter into them, ruin their souls, and destroy their work. A devil without can do no harm; but a devil within ruins all.


 
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