19 We know that we are children of God,(A) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(B)

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On Not Loving the World

15 Do 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) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(C) the lust of the eyes,(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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Footnotes

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

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20

13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse,(A) deceiving and being deceived.(B) 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,(C)

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