Not Of This World

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 →

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.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

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.

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

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 →

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.

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.

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 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

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

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

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

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

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:

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? — read the full passage →

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

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.

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.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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.

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

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.

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

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 →

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

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.

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

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

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.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

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.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

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;

And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; — read the full passage →

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

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.

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:

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

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;

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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.

Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.

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; — read the full passage →

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.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

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.

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

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

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

And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

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. — read the full passage →

And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things: — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.