Luk 16:13, Gal 1:10, 1Ti 6:17, Jam 4:4, 1Jo 2:15 | ISV | STEP | “No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!”

Luke 16:13

13 “No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!” ^{▼▼Lit. mammon, an Aram. term meaning wealth}Matt 6:24

Galatians 1:10

10 Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ's servant. ^{▼▼Or slave}1Sam 24:7; Matt 28:14; 1Thes 2:4; James 4:4; 1John 3:9

1 Timothy 6:17

17 Tell those who are rich in the present world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks let them place their confidence} in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.Job 31:24; Ps 52:7; 62:10; Prov 23:5; Mark 10:24; Luke 12:21; Acts 14:17; 17:25; 1Thes 1:9; 1Tim 3:15; 4:10

James 4:4

4 You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.Ps 73:27; John 15:19; 17:14; Gal 1:10; 1John 2:15

1 John 2:15

15 Stop loving ^{▼▼Or Don't love} the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.Matt 6:24; Rom 12:2; Gal 1:10; James 4:4