I pray not, &c.— "My meaning is not that, on account of these difficulties, John 17:14 thou shouldest remove them out of the world by death; I know that the purposes of thy glory, and their own improvement and usefulness, will require their longer continuance. I only pray, that thou wouldst grant them the direction of thy Spirit, and protection of thy providence, whereby they will be preserved both from the evil of sin and temptation, and from the subtlety and malice of the evil one,— του πονηρου ." See 1 John 5:18-19.
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John 17:15
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.