Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
1 John 2:15 - Revised Standard Version Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for 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 the glory of them;
“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 mammon.
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 mammon.”
If you were of the world, the world would love 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 you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should 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 the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Unfaithful creatures! 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 any one 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 of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them.
He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.