48 Or “that you protect them”; Grk “that you keep them.”
49 The phrase “the evil one” is a reference to Satan. The genitive noun τοῦ πονηροῦ (tou ponērou) is ambiguous with regard to gender: It may represent the neuter τὸ πονηρόν (to ponēron), “that which is evil,” or the masculine ὁ πονηρός (ho ponēros), “the evil one,” i.e., Satan. In view of the frequent use of the masculine in 1 John 2:13–14, 3:12, and 5:18–19 it seems much more probable that the masculine is to be understood here, and that Jesus is praying for his disciples to be protected from Satan. Cf. πονηρός 1.b.β and 1.b.γ.

In other versions

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

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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