They are not … world What was stated in John 17:14 as the reason for the world's hatred is repeated here as the introduction to a new and more definite petition; not merely protection, but sanctification. There is a slight change from the order of the words in John 17:14; -Of the world they are not, even as I am not of the world." In both verses -I" is emphatic.

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