Joh 15:19, 17:14-16, 2Cor 10:3, Jam 4:4, 1Jo 5:19 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

John 15:19

19 ^aIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^byou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 17:14-16

14 ^cI have given them your word, and ^dthe world has hated them ^ebecause they are not of the world, ^fjust as I am not of the world. 15 I ^gdo not ask that you ^htake them out of the world, but that you ⁱkeep them from ^jthe evil one. ^{▼▼Or from evil} 16 ^lThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

2 Corinthians 10:3

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.

James 4:4

4 ^mYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^oTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 5:19

19 We know that we are from God, and ^pthe whole world lies in the power of the evil one.