¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^(A)that You should keep them from the evil one.

³ But ^(A)the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and ^(B)guard you from the evil one.

^18 (A)And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. ^(B)To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

¹⁸ We know that ^(A)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God ^(B)keeps^{[a] [b]}himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.