15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
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The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
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.
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.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
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:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)After the general pleas with which Christ recommended his disciples to his Father’s care follow the particular petitions he puts up for them; and, 1. They all relate to spiritual blessings in heavenly things. He does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, that they might raise estates and get preferments, but that they might be kept from sin, and furnished for their duty, and bro…
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