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The World’s Hatred

18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(A)

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first.

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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) 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.[a](B) 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

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  1. 17.15 Or from evil

14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(A) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(B) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(C) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(D)

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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A) 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 And the world and its desire[a] are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.(B)

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  1. 2.17 Or the desire for it

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. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(E) but whoever does the will of God(F) lives forever.

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

Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?(A)
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(B)
If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.(C)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”[a](D)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.(E)

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  1. 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(A) from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens,(B) you are there;
    if I make my bed(C) in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(D)
    your right hand(E) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(F) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

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19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit(A)

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19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,(A) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,(B)

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Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.[a](A)

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  1. 12.2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

Do not conform(A) to the pattern of this world,(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(C) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(D)—his good, pleasing(E) and perfect will.

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