John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
KJV
οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἀλλ’ ἵνα τηρήσῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
Greek NT
Non rogo ut tollas eos de mundo, sed ut serves eos a malo.
Vulgate
I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
ASV
I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2750By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!" His priestly prayer fulfills, from within, the great petitions of the Lord's Prayer: concern for the Father's name;47 passionate zeal for his kingdom (Glory);48 The accomplishment of the will of the Father, of his plan of salvation;49 and deliverance from evil.50
§2850The last petition to our Father is also included in Jesus' prayer: "I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one."163 It touches each of us personally, but it is always "we" who pray, in communion with the whole Church, for the deliverance of the whole human family. the Lord's Prayer continually opens us to the range of God'…
§100Our Redeemer showed His burning love for the Church especially by praying for her to His heavenly Father. To recall but a few examples: everyone knows, Venerable Brethren, that just before the Crucifixion He prayed repeatedly for Peter,[189] for the other Apostles,[190] for all who, through the preaching of the holy Gospel would believe in Him.[191]
Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son. Calvin calls this the high priestly prayer of Christ. Jesus prays first for himself — that he might be glorified in order to glorify the Father. Then for his disciples — that they might be sanctified through the truth, God's word is truth. Then for all who will believe through their word — that they all may be one, as the Father and So…
But deliver us from evil. Amen. In the Greek text this petition reads: Deliver or preserve us from the Evil One, or the Malicious One; and it looks as if He were speaking of the devil, as though He would comprehend everything in one, so that the entire substance of all our prayer is directed against our chief enemy. For it is he alone who obstructs everything for which we pray.
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that Christ nowhere prayed for an unfailing perseverance of believers in faith. For they contradict Christ himself when he says: "I have prayed for you, Peter, that your faith may not fail" (Luke 22:32), and the evangelist John when he testifies in John 17 that it was not only for the apostles, but also for all those who were to b…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
- 1Cor 5:10 — Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
- 1John 5:18 — We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
- 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- 2Thess 3:3 — But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- 2Thess 3:3 — But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- 2Tim 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th
- 2Tim 4:8 — Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
- 2Tim 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
- Gen 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Isa 38:18 — For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
- John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- Jude 1:1 — Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Luke 8:38 — Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- Luke 11:4 — And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
- Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
- Matt 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Matt 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Phil 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or
- Ps 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Ps 121:7 — The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.