² Do not be conformed^(A) to this age,^(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,^(C) so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will^(D) of God.

¹⁰ because Demas^(A) has deserted me,^(B) since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica.^(C) Crescens has gone to Galatia,^(D) Titus^(E) to Dalmatia.

A Warning about the World

¹⁵ Do not love the world^(A) or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.