Phili 1:20-21, 3:8-9, Col 3:1-3, 1Jo 2:15-17, 5:4-5 | ESV | STEP | as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed , but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body , whether by life or by death .

Philippians 1:20-21

20 as it is my eager expectation and hope ^athat I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full ^bcourage now as always Christ ^cwill be honored in my body, ^dwhether by life or by death. 21 For to me ^eto live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 3:8-9

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of ^fthe surpassing worth of ^gknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I ^hhave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having ⁱa righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but ^jthat which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Colossians 3:1-3

Put On the New Self

1 ^kIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek ^lthe things that are above, where Christ is, ^mseated at the right hand of God. 2 ⁿSet your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For ^oyou have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 John 2:15-17

Do Not Love the World

15 ^pDo not love the world or the things in the world. ^qIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world— ^rthe desires of the flesh and ^sthe desires of the eyes and pride of life ^{▼▼Or pride in possessions}—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And ^uthe world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 John 5:4-5

4 For ^veveryone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— ^wour faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes ^xthat Jesus is the Son of God?