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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." How then saith He in another place, "Which Thou gavest Me out of the world; Thine they were"? There He speaketh of their nature; here of wicked actions. And He putteth together a long encomium of them; first, that "they were not of the world"; then, that "the Father Himself had given them"; and that "they had kept His word;" and that on this account "they were hated." And if He saith, "As I am not of the world," be not troubled; for the "as" is not here expressive of …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Again He repeats "they are not of the world." "They," He says, "are in need of strong support, for they, having become citizens of heaven, have nothing in common with the earth. And since the whole world will treat them as strangers, do Thou, the Heavenly One, help them as citizens of heaven." He says this very often aloud to the disciples, so that they, hearing this, would hate the world and not bring shame upon such praise of them. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Then He repeats the same statement: "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth." For thus are they kept from the evil, as He had previously prayed that they might be. But it may be inquired how they were no more of the world, if they were not yet sanctified in the truth; or, if they already were, why He requests that they should be so. …
Thomas Aquinas
He gives the reason for this request when he says, they are not of the world. This seems to be a useless repetition since he had just said the same thing. But, indeed, it is not useless, because they are spoken in different contexts. They were spoken before to show why the disciples were hated by the world; here they are spoken to show why they should be protected by God. …
Bonaventure
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world, namely in conduct; therefore he was asking that they be saved and preserved, lest they be turned back to the world through love; concerning which preservation, Apocalypse 3: "Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth." Thus he asks that they be preserved from the evil of transgression; he also asks that they be preserved from the evil of error.
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