⁴ You adulterous^(A) people,^[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world^(B) means enmity against God?^(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.^(D)

²⁴ For,

¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away,^(A) but whoever does the will of God^(B) lives forever.