14I have given them your word, andthe world has hated thembecause they are not of the world,just as I am not of the world.15Ido not ask that youtake them out of the world, but that youkeep them fromthe evil one.[a]16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.17Sanctify them[b]in the truth;your word is truth.18As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.19Andfor their sakeI consecrate myself,[c]that they alsomay be sanctified[d]in truth.