John 17:15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world - for that, though it would secure their own safety, would leave the world unblessed by their testimony;

But that thou keep them from the evil, [ ek (G1537) tou (G3588) poneerou (G4190)] - or 'from evil;' all evil in and of the world. The translation 'from the evil one' is to be rejected here, as not suiting the comprehensiveness of these petitions. See also, in the Lord's Prayer, at Matthew 6:13.