John 3:16

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¹⁶For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E)

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1 John 2:15

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On Not Loving the World

¹⁵Do not love the world or anything in the world.^(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father^[a] is not in them.^(B)

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1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love

1 John 2:15 in all English translations

John 17:13-19

New International Version

¹³“I am coming to you now,^(A) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy^(B) within them. ¹⁴I have given them your word and the world has hated them,^(C) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.^(D) ¹⁵My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^(E) ¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.^(F) ¹⁷Sanctify them by^[a] the truth; your word is truth.^(G) ¹⁸As you sent me into the world,^(H) I have sent them into the world.^(I) ¹⁹For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.^(J)