John 17:14–18

14 “I have given them Your word; and athe world has hated them, because bthey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them 1from 2athe evil one.

16 “aThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17 “aSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

18 “As aYou sent Me into the world, bI also have sent them into the world.