Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
1 John 2:15 - English Standard Version 2016 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. American Standard Version (1901) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Common English Bible Don’t love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. |
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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.
But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.