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Evil In The World
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Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →
Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name; — read the full passage →
And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →
these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'
because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,
for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,
and not as through one who did sin <FI>is<Fi> the free gift, for the judgment indeed <FI>is<Fi> of one to condemnation, but the gift <FI>is<Fi> of many offences to a declaration of `Righteous,'
because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.
we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;
from all appearance of evil abstain ye;
because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.
The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.
for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--
`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, — read the full passage →
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;
Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.
but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;
Woe <FI>to<Fi> those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God.
Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all these things.'
if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, — read the full passage →
For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.
As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death;
the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →
And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;
for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.
`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.
because nothing shall be impossible with God.'
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'
and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'
and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,
Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,
Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done <FI>it<Fi> ?
Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.
For not a God desiring wickedness <FI>art<Fi> Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.
And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, — read the full passage →
And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.
To the Overseer. --By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.
And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which <FI>is<Fi> on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land--Gilead unto Dan, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day; — read the full passage →
religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.
If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →
The Rock! --perfect <FI>is<Fi> His work, For all His ways <FI>are<Fi> just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright <FI>is<Fi> He.
and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;
And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king. — read the full passage →
The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.