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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these things I speak in the word, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Never did anyone more thoroughly mix with men than Christ did, and never had anyone greater sympathy with human beings than he had,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now come I to thee: and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have given them thy word,.... The Gospel, and a commission and abilities to preach it, and which is a reason of what follows, namely, the world's hatred of them; because this word is not of men, nor agreeably to carnal reason; it magnifies the grace of God, and destroys boasting in men; it is against the carnal interest, worldly views and lusts...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Jesus puts twice over this most special and important fact,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. This does not look like trying to please the world, to adapt our method to the spirit of the age, to come as near to the world as ever we can, to dabble in its politics, and join in its schemes. This has to me a very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. “Do not let the world so besmear and defile them as to do them mischief. Let them keep on as lamps burning in dark...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. He was a stranger here, and his people are also strangers and foreigners. We are not so much to be unworldly as to be other-worldly. We belong to another world, to another kingdom, even the kingdom of heaven.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. If nobody hates you for being a Christian, are you a Christian at all? If you find that you run with the general herd, and swim with the current, can you be a follower of that Christ who was despised and rejected of men?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I pray not that thou shouldest take theft of the world,.... Either in an unusual manner, by a translation, as Enoch and Elijah were; or by death in its common form, before their time, and purely to be rid of afflictions: this he prayed not for; for he had much work for them to do, by preaching the Gospel, for the conversion of sinners and comfort...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, — Christ and his people did not go together out of the world all at once that would have been to leave the world in an utterly forlorn condition, without any help whatever, so he says to his Father, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. You cannot make Christ a worldling; do what you will with his character; twist it as you like, you must see that there is something unworldly, otherworldly, about him. So let it always be with his people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. “Keep them in the world to battle with the evil; make them the salt that prevents putrefaction, and let them not lose their savor, let them not be contaminated by the evil in the midst of which they dwell.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Not that they should shut themselves up in monasteries and convents. That is not the prayer of Christ. “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. Christ did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of the world. It is very seldom that we ought to present such a petition. If that had been a proper prayer for us to offer, it would have been authorized by the Master. There are times...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. These words are repeated from John 17:14, where they are given as a reason of the world's hatred to them; and here, as showing that they are exposed to the evil of it; and in both are used as an argument with his Father, that he would take notice of them, and preserve them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. As the Father took Jesus out of the bosom of his love, and bade him go as his missionary to men, so does Jesus keep us for a while away from the bosom of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. It almost looks as though our Lord anticipated that question of Pilate, “What is truth?” Here is his answer: “thy word is truth.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Some men tell us that the truth is in the Word, but that the Word is not the truth. I read, the other day, that we might regard the Bible as a casket which contained the jewel of the truth, but was not itself the jewel. Christ did not talk...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes, I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Sanctify myself — consecrate myself — set myself apart — for...