I pray not See on John 14:16. The nature of the protection is made clear to the listening disciples; not exemption from attack and temptation, but freedom from the permanent influence of the enemy.

from the evil Rather, from the evil one; comp. 1 John 2:13; 1 John 3:12, and especially John 5:18. -From" = -out of:" just as Christ is that inwhich His disciples live and move, so the evil one, -the ruler of this world" (John 12:31; John 16:11), is that out ofwhich He prays that they may be kept. Thus "the relation of man to good and evil is a personalrelation:" comp. 1 John 4:4.

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