14 I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them. The world hated these men, because they don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.
15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world. But I am asking that you keep them safe from the Evil One.
16 They don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.
17 Make them ready for your service through your truth. Your teaching is truth.
18 I have sent them into the world, the same as you sent me into the world.
19 I am making myself ready to serve. I do this for them so that they can truly be ready for your service.
20 “I pray for these men. But I am also praying for all people who will believe in me because of the teaching of these men.