The World

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you.

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.

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, — read the full passage →

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

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,

`I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

And for me, let it not be--to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world; — read the full passage →

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

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.

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

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.

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — read the full passage →

for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing. — read the full passage →

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, — 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.'

now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

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,

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Jesus wept.

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. — read the full passage →

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

A God zealous and avenging <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, An avenger <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies. — read the full passage →

Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.

And done upon them great vengeance with furious reproofs, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My giving out My vengeance on them!

he saith--who is testifying these things--`Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; — read the full passage →

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice, — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare 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.

Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me; — read the full passage →

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. — read the full passage →

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down; — read the full passage →

For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'

Woe to the wicked--evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

God of vengeance--Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. — read the full passage →

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters, — read the full passage →

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'

`And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah--because great; and their sin--because exceeding grievous: — read the full passage →

and the men of Sodom <FI>are<Fi> evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

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 →

And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, — read the full passage →

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.

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — read the full passage →

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you, — read the full passage →

so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia, — read the full passage →

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

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not.' --A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →