Ephesians 2:2
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2 (A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience,
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- Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon
Ephesians 6:12
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12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against (A)principalities, against powers, against (B)the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
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- Ephesians 6:12 NU this darkness,
Ephesians 2:3
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3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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John 8:44
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44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and the (B)desires of your father you want to (C)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (D)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
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Ephesians 5:6
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6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
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John 12:31
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31 Now is the judgment of this world; now (A)the ruler of this world will be cast out.
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1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are of God, and (A)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Colossians 3:6-7
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6 (A)Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon (B)the sons of disobedience, 7 (C)in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
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Ephesians 4:22
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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
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Revelation 20:2
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2 He laid hold of (A)the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
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1 John 5:4
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4 For (A)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (B)has overcome the world—[a]our faith.
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- 1 John 5:4 M your
1 John 2:15-17
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And (D)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
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1 Peter 1:14
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14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
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2 Corinthians 4:4
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4 whose minds (A)the god of this age (B)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (C)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (D)who is the image of God, should shine on them.
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1 John 3:10
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The Imperative of Love(A)
10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
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1 John 4:4
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4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than (A)he who is in the world.
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2 Peter 2:14
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14 having eyes full of [a]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (A)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.
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- 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress
1 Peter 4:3
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3 For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
James 4:4
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4 [a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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- James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and
James 1:7
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7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
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2 Timothy 4:10
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10 for (A)Demas has forsaken me, (B)having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
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Colossians 1:21
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21 And you, (A)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind (B)by wicked works, yet now He has (C)reconciled
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Galatians 1:4
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4 (A)who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us (B)from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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1 Corinthians 5:10
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10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go (A)out of the world.
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