Bible Verses about the World
- 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 be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your minds, so that you will be able to discern the will of God and to know what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his very life?
- Although we are human beings, we do not engage in battle according to human standards.
- 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. - For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to the entire human race. It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly.
- And the world with all its enticements
is passing away,
but whoever does the will of God
abides forever. - 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.
- 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 we brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out. If we have food and clothing, let us be content with these.
- Then he said to them, “Go forth into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.”
- For everyone born of God
conquers the world.
And the victory that conquers the world
is our faith. - 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.
- Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives
do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled;
be not afraid. - Jesus addressed them once again, saying,
“I am the light of the world.
The one who follows me
will never walk in darkness.
Rather, he will have the light of life.” - What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his very life? Or what can he give in exchange for his life?
- God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, so that no one could boast in the presence of God.
- I am not asking you
to take them out of the world,
but I do ask you
to protect them from the evil one. - Fix your thoughts on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.
- Who indeed conquers the world
except the one who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God? - See what love
the Father has bestowed on us,
enabling us to be called the children of God,
and that is what we are.
If the world does not recognize us,
that is because it did not know him. - If the world hates you,
be aware that it hated me
before it hated you. - Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and undefiled is this: to come to the aid of orphans and widows in their hardships and to keep oneself untarnished by the world.
- By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
- Ever since the creation of the world the invisible attributes of God’s eternal power and divine nature have been clearly understood and perceived through the things he has made. Therefore, the conduct of these people is inexcusable.
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