This Present Evil World

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“In time past ‘ye walked according to the course of this’ world.”—Ephesians 2: 2.
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom (whereby) the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”—Galatians 6: 14.
“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”—John 17:1616They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (John 17:16).
“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”—John 17:1515I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. (John 17:15).
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this ... ..to keep himself unspotted from the world.”—James 1:2727Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27). “As long as 1 am in the world, I am the light of the world.”—John 9:55As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John 9:5).
“The sons of God ... . in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine—as lights in the world.”—Philippians 2: 15.
“Marvel not ... ..if the world hate you.”—1 John 3:1313Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. (1 John 3:13).
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.”—John 15:1818If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. (John 15:18).
“All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”—1 John 2:1616For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16).
“Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?”—James 4: 4.
“Whosoever ... . will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.”—James 4: 4.
“Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.”—Titus 2:12,1312Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:12‑13).
(Continued from vol. 2)