"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them."
11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of
12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by
13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
Read all of 1 John 2 NIVDo not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Read all of Galatians 6 NIV"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."
Read all of Matthew 7 NIVHumility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
Read all of Proverbs 22 NIVMy mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
Read all of Psalm 71 NIVTherefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Read all of Romans 8 NIV"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
Read all of John 10 NIV
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Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on John 17:11-16
(Read John 17:11-16)
Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did not pray that his disciples should be removed out of the world, that they might escape the rage of men, for they had a great work to do for the glory of God, and the benefit of mankind. But he prayed that the Father would keep them from the evil, from being corrupted by the world, the remains of sin in their hearts, and from the power and craft of Satan. So that they might pass through the world as through an enemy's country, as he had done. They are not left here to pursue the same objects as the men around them, but to glorify God, and to serve their generation. The Spirit of God in true Christians is opposed to the spirit of the world.