Worldly Things

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 →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

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.

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.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

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

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

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?

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

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,

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.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen <FI>are<Fi> temporary, but the things not seen <FI>are<Fi> age-during.

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

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,

`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

`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;

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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.'

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; — read the full passage →

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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.'

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

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.

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

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

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

`And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

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.

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

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.

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless-- — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

for nothing did we bring into the world--<FI> it is<Fi> manifest that we are able to carry nothing out; — read the full passage →

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 →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

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 →

They--of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

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

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

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

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

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,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;