| Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! | Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. |
| For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. | 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. |
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| I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. | And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. |
| Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. | Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. |
| A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. |
| In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” | And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” |
| I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. | I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. |
| For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. | For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. |
| Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. | Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
| If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. | If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. | I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. |
| May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. | But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. | The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. |
| For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust 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 desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. |
| Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. | Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. |
| You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. |
| What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? |
| You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself 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 the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein. |
| He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” |
| Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. | Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. |
| Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. | Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. | Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. |
| When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. | And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. |
| The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. | And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. |
