John 17:14 “I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are…”

John 17:14

I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

American Standard Version

I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue giuen them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

Darby Translation

I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

Young's Literal Translation

I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

Bible in Basic English

I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“the world”

John 15:18–21 John 7:7 Proverbs 29:27 Genesis 3:15 Zechariah 11:8 1 John 3:12

John 15:18–21 · BSB

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

John 7:7 · BSB

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Proverbs 29:27 · BSB

An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

Genesis 3:15 · BSB

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. ”

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

1 John 3:12 · BSB

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

“they”

John 17:16 John 8:23 1 John 4:5 1 John 4:6 1 John 5:19 1 John 5:20

John 17:16 · BSB

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 8:23 · BSB

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

1 John 4:5 · BSB

They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

1 John 4:6 · BSB

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

1 John 5:19 · BSB

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:20 · BSB

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

15I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

Read John 17