1 John 4:5
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5 They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.
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John 8:23
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23 He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world.(A)
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John 17:14
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14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.(A)
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2 Peter 2:2-3
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2 Even so, many will follow their debaucheries, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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- 2.2 Gk because of them
John 17:16
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16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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John 3:31
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The One Who Comes from Heaven
31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.(A)
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Isaiah 30:10-11
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10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things;
prophesy illusions;(A)
11 leave the way; turn aside from the path;
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”(B)
Revelation 12:9
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9 The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.(A)
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2 Timothy 4:3
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3 For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires(A)
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Micah 2:11
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11 If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods,
saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
such a one would be the preacher for this people!(A)
Jeremiah 5:31
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31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule as the prophets direct;[a]
my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?(A)
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- 5.31 Or rule by their own authority
Psalm 17:4
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4 As for what others do, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.(A)
John 15:19-20
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19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)
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John 7:6-7
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6 Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.(A) 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.(B)
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Luke 16:8
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8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.(A)
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Jeremiah 29:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams that you dream,(A)
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