John 17 · Verse 14

John 17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17:14, King James Version

John 17:14 in other translations

BSBI have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
WEBI have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
ASVI have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
YLTI have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;
DARBYI have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
BBEI have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
WebsterI have given to them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

What does John 17:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 17:9-14

9-14. I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20). not for the world--for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. I have given them &c. See Jn 17:18.

The world hath hated them. Jn 15:18-21.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 I have given them thy word - Or, thy doctrine - τον λογον σου. In this sense the word λογος is often used by St. John. And the world hath hated them - The Jewish rulers, etc., have hated them. - Why? Because they received the doctrine of God, the science of salvation, and taught it to others. They knew Jesus to be the Messiah, and as such they proclaimed him: our Lord speaks prophetically of what was about to take place. How terrible is the perversion of human nature! Men despise that which they should esteem, and endeavor to destroy that without which they must be destroyed themselves!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 17:11-16

Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did…

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John 17:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
δέδωκαdedōkahave givenG1325
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
τὸνtontheG3588
λόγονlogonwordG3056
σου,souof You,G4771
καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhotheG3588
κόσμοςkosmosworldG2889
ἐμίσησενemisēsenhatedG3404
αὐτούς,autousthem,G846
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754
οὐκouknotG3756
εἰσὶνeisinthey areG1510
ἐκekofG1537
τοῦtoutheG3588
κόσμουkosmouworldG2889
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
οὐκouknotG3756
εἰμὶeimiamG1510
ἐκekofG1537
τοῦtoutheG3588
κόσμου.kosmouworld.G2889

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 17:14

  • John 17:16

    They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 15:18-21

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  • 1 John 5:19-20

    And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • John 8:23

    And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • 1 John 4:5-6

    They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  • Proverbs 29:27

    An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • 1 Peter 4:4-5

    Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

  • Matthew 10:24-25

    The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • 1 John 3:12

    Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
given.
8
the world.
7:7; 15:18-21; Ge 3:15; Pr 29:27; Zec 11:8; Mt 10:24,25; 1Pe 4:4,5
1Jo 3:12
they.
16; 8:23; 1Jo 4:5,6; 5:19,20

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Context

  • John 17:13

    And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

  • John 17:14

    I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 17:15

    I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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John 17:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo les he dado tu palabra; y el mundo los aborreció, porque no son del mundo, como tampoco yo soy del mundo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, je leur ai donné ta parole, et le monde les a haïs, parce qu’ils ne sont pas du monde, comme moi je ne suis pas du monde.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich habe ihnen dein Wort gegeben, und die Welt hat sie gehaßt, weil sie nicht von der Welt sind, gleichwie ich nicht von der Welt bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego dedi eis sermonem tuum, et mundus eos odio habuit, quia non sunt de mundo, sicut et ego non sum de mundo.