João 17

15 I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the malignant one.*"The malignant one" is Satan. Satan got one of the twelve, but must not get any more of them. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.*He repeats what He just said in verse 14, so it must be important. Jesus was not of this world because He literally came from Heaven, which could not be said of those disciples. But in the context of verse 15 the reference is probably to the ‘world’ dominated by Satan, the system. Their allegiance is no longer to Satan’s system. 17 Sanctify them by Your Truth; Your Word is Truth.*The Word is what the Holy Spirit uses to sanctify us; it is His ‘sword’ (Ephesians 6:17, Hebrews 4:12). 18 Just as You sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.*See John 20:21.