John 17
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
15 Ref My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
16 Ref They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
17 Ref Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
18 Ref Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
19 Ref And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
15 Ref I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil `one'.
16 Ref They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
17 Ref Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
18 Ref As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.
19 Ref And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.