John 17:13-17 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.

14. I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

15. I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.

16. Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.

17. Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.

John 17