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Read Full Chapter (John 17) John 17:16-17 KJV
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."
John Chapter 17, Verse 16-17
John 17:16-17 in Context (Verses 13–20 KJV)
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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.
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I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
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They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
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And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
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Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;