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International Standard Version

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 17:14;">[xr]

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Association-Separation;   Believers;   Christ;   Christ's;   Church;   Evil;   Family;   Fellowship, Divine;   Importunity;   Prayer;   Secret Prayer;   Separation;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   World, the;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Declaration;   Disciples/apostles;   Giving and Gifts;   Glory;   Hate;   Jesus Christ;   Knowledge;   Love;   Manifestation;   Sanctification;   Sending and Those Sent;   Truth;   Unity;   Word of God;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Christ, the Prophet;   Example of Christ, the;   Pilgrims and Strangers;   Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Priest;   World;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Obedience;   World;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Covenant;   Intercession of Christ;   Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ;   Predestination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nazarite;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Unity;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Ephesians, Epistle to;   Prayer;   World;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church (2);   Communion (2);   Dependence;   Force;   Madness;   Mental Characteristics;   Pilgrim (2);   Prayer (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Worldliness (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Twelve Apostles, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Person of Christ;   Prayers of Jesus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 16;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
King James Version (1611)
They are not of the world, euen as I am not of the world.
King James Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
English Standard Version
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
New American Standard Bible
"They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
New Century Version
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
Amplified Bible
"They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Legacy Standard Bible
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Berean Standard Bible
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Contemporary English Version
They don't belong to this world, and neither do I.
Complete Jewish Bible
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Darby Translation
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Easy-to-Read Version
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the world.
George Lamsa Translation
For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Good News Translation
Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.
Lexham English Bible
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Literal Translation
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
American Standard Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Bible in Basic English
They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
Hebrew Names Version
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Etheridge Translation
for they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Murdock Translation
for they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They are not of the worlde, as I also am not of the worlde.
English Revised Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
World English Bible
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Weymouth's New Testament
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
They ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world.
Update Bible Version
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Webster's Bible Translation
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
New English Translation
They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.
New King James Version
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
New Living Translation
They do not belong to this world any more than I do.
New Life Bible
My followers do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.
New Revised Standard
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the world, they are not, even as, I, am not of the world.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world.
Revised Standard Version
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They are not of the worlde as I am not of the worlde.
Young's Literal Translation
`Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They are not of the worlde, as I also am not of the worlde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They don't belong to him any more than I did.

Contextual Overview

11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name, the namethe one">[fn] that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.John 1:21; 10:30; 13:1; 16:28; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:1;">[xr] 12 While I was with them, I protected them by your name that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined forthe son of">[fn] destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.Psalm 109:8; John 6:39,70; 10:28; 13:18; 18:9; Acts 1:20; Hebrews 2:13; 1 John 2:19;">[xr] 13 "And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, for they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 8:16,23; 15:18-19; 17:8; 1 John 3:13;">[xr] 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.Matthew 6:13; Galatians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 5:18;">[xr] 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 17:14;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Micah 7:14 - which John 8:23 - ye are of John 13:1 - having John 17:6 - the men John 17:14 - they Romans 8:29 - to be 1 Corinthians 5:10 - of this 1 John 4:5 - are

Cross-References

Romans 9:9
For this is the language of promise: "At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."Genesis 18:10,14">[fn]Genesis 18:10,14;">[xr]
1 Peter 3:6
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.Genesis 18:12;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. These words are repeated from John 17:14, where they are given as a reason of the world's hatred to them; and here, as showing that they are exposed to the evil of it; and in both are used as an argument with his Father, that he would take notice of them, and preserve them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See John 15:19.


 
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