- And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
- 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.
- I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
- Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me. - And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
- God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
- May my teaching drop like the rain,
my speech condense like the dew;
like gentle rain on grass,
like showers on new growth. - Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
- Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God. - Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
- For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
- For we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
- Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
- Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
- I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
- God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
- See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.” For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.Next verse!With image