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Selected Verse: John 17:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 17:16 |
Strong Concordance |
They are [1526] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889], even as [2531] I [1473] am [1510] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889]. |
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King James |
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world--(See Joh 15:18-19). This is reiterated here, to pave the way for the prayer which follows. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See Joh 15:19. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (Joh 18:36); (Joh 7:7).
(See Scofield) - (Rev 13:8). |
18 If [1487] the world [2889] hate [3404] you [5209], ye know [1097] that [3754] it hated [3404] me [1691] before [4412] it hated you [5216].
19 If [1487] ye were [2258] of [1537] the world [2889], the world [2889] would [302] love [5368] his own [2398]: but [1161] because [3754] ye are [2075] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889], but [235] I [1473] have chosen [1586] you [5209] out of [1537] the world [2889], therefore [5124] [1223] the world [2889] hateth [3404] you [5209].
19 If [1487] ye were [2258] of [1537] the world [2889], the world [2889] would [302] love [5368] his own [2398]: but [1161] because [3754] ye are [2075] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889], but [235] I [1473] have chosen [1586] you [5209] out of [1537] the world [2889], therefore [5124] [1223] the world [2889] hateth [3404] you [5209].
8 And [2532] all [3956] that dwell [2730] upon [1909] the earth [1093] shall worship [4352] him [846], whose [3739] names [3686] are [1125] not [3756] written [1125] in [1722] the book [976] of life [2222] of the Lamb [721] slain [4969] from [575] the foundation [2602] of the world [2889].
7 The world [2889] cannot [3756] [1410] hate [3404] you [5209]; but [1161] me [1691] it hateth [3404], because [3754] I [1473] testify [3140] of [4012] it [846], that [3754] the works [2041] thereof [846] are [2076] evil [4190].
36 Jesus [2424] answered [611], My [1699] kingdom [932] is [2076] not [3756] of [1537] this [5127] world [2889]: if [1487] my [1699] kingdom [932] were [2258] of [1537] this [5127] world [2889], then would [302] my [1699] servants [5257] fight [75], that [3363] I should [3860] not [3363] be delivered [3860] to the Jews [2453]: but [1161] now [3568] is [2076] my [1699] kingdom [932] not [3756] from hence [1782].