Friendship with the world
Now we have received , not the spirit of the world , but the spirit which is of God ; ... ye are not of the world , I have chosen you out of the world.. I am come a light into the world , that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness ...: for the prince of this world cometh , and hath nothing in me . if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world , why , as though living in the world , are ye subject to ordinances , . be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your Mind , that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable , and perfect , will of God . .. denying ungodliness and worldly lusts , we should live soberly , righteously , and godly , in this present world; . For we wrestle not against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of this world , against spiritual wickedness in high places . Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this , To ... keep himself unspotted from the world . Ye adulterers and adulteresses , know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God . For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , they are again entangled therein, and overcome , the latter end is worse with them than the beginning .The lust of the eyes , and the pride of life , is not of the Father , but is of the world . . For whatsoever is born of God overcometh 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. And the world passeth away , and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever . 1 Corinthians 2:12, John 15:19, John 12:46, John 14:30, Colossians 2:20, Romans 12:2, Titus 2:12, Ephesians 6:12, James 1:27, James 4:4, 2 Peter 2:20, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:17.