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What does the Bible say about being like the world?
12 verses about being like the world, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about being like the world
- 1 John 2:15 — 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. 8 votes
- Romans 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 7 votes
- James 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 4 votes
- Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 3 votes
- Colossians 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 3 votes
- John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2 votes
- John 12:46 — I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 2 votes
- John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 2 votes
- Ephesians 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 2 votes
- 1 John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 2 votes
- 1 John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 2 votes
- 1 John 3:13 — Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 2 votes
Where these verses are
1 John (4), John (3), Matthew (1), Romans (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), James (1)
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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.