John Calvin Commentary John 17:16

"They are not of the world even as I am not of the world." — John 17:16 (ASV)

They are not of the world. That the heavenly Father may be more favourably disposed to assist them, he again says that the whole world hates them, and, at the same time, states that this hatred does not arise from any fault of theirs, but because the world hates God and Christ.