Being Like The World

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

abstain from every form of evil.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

I 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.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. — read the full passage →

These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee: — read the full passage →

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For no word from God shall be void of power.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.