13. “But now, ⌊Father,⌋ I’m coming back to you. I say these things while I’m still in the world so that they will have the same joy that I have.
14. I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
15. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.
16. They don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
17. “Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth.
18. I have sent them into the world the same way you sent me into the world.
19. I’m dedicating myself to this holy work I’m doing for them so that they, too, will use the truth to be holy.