KJV King James Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
WEB World English Bible
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
ASV American Standard Version
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
Surrounding context — John 17
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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 out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
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