John 17:6
Jesus Prays for the Disciples
17:6 “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.
John 17:9
17:9 I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.
John 17:15-16
17:15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.
17:16 They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.