1 John 2:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father.

Cross References

James 4:4

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Romans 12:2

Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

Matthew 6:24

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 16:13

You cannot be the slave of two masters. You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than to the other. You cannot serve God and money.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, its people would love you. But you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world behind, and this is why its people hate you.

1 John 3:17

If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

Galatians 1:10

I am not trying to please people. I want to please God. Do you think I am trying to please people? If I were doing that, I would not be a servant of Christ.

1 John 4:5

These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

1 John 5:10

If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar.

Matthew 4:8

Finally, the devil took Jesus up on a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms on earth and their power.

James 1:27

Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil.