Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new. | So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! |
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. | Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. |
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I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you. I will remove from your body a heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh in its place. | A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. |
Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. |
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be poured out for you.” | And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” |
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father. | I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father. |
For everyone born of God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith. | For whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. |
If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. |
I have told you this so that in me you may be in peace. In the world you will endure suffering. But take courage! I have overcome the world. | I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world! |
May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world. | May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. | Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. |
For everything that is in the world— the concupiscence of the flesh, the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life— comes not from the Father but from the world. | For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world. |
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his very life? | For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? |
You are the light of the world. A city built upon a mountain cannot be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. |
Adulterers! Do you not know that love of the world results in enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. | The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. |
Therefore, do not allow anyone to pass judgment on you in regard to what you eat or drink, or about the observance of Festivals, New Moons, or Sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come. The reality is Christ. | Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. |
What then shall we say? Should we persist in sin in order that grace may abound? Of course not! We have died to sin. How can we live in it any longer? | What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? |
Then he said to them, “Go forth into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” |
Who indeed conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who have been called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since his death has served to redeem the sins that were committed under the first covenant. | For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. |
And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. | And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. |
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her in order to sanctify her by cleansing her with water and the word. | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word. |
Let no one delude himself. If anyone among you considers himself to be wise by worldly standards, he must become a fool in order to be truly wise. | Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. |