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Iἐγὼhave givenδέδωκαthemαὐτοῖςyour word,τὸν λόγον σουandκαὶthe worldὁ κόσμοςhatedἐμίσησενthem,αὐτούςbecauseὅτιthey are notοὐκ εἰσὶνofἐκthe world,τοῦ κόσμουjust asκαθὼςIἐγὼam notοὐκ εἰμὶofἐκthe world.τοῦ κόσμου
John 17:14
Study it in the app“I have given them your word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”
With the Greek beneath
John 17:14, word by word
- have givenδέδωκαdedōka
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dedōka” appears- your wordλόγονlogon
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appears- the worldκόσμοςkosmos
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmos” appears- hatedἐμίσησενemisēsen
hate
To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.
Where else “emisēsen” appears- they are notεἰσὶνeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears
The context
13But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.
14 · This verse (above)
15I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
To study John 17 in a group
1. What it says
In his prayer, what does Jesus say eternal life is, and for whom does he pray? (vv. 3, 9, 20)
2. What it means
Jesus asks that all his own be one, as the Father and he are one (vv. 21-23). What does he say the world will know when that happens?
3. How I live it
Jesus prays for those who would believe through his disciples' word (v. 20). Whom could you pray for today with the same tenderness?