1 Corinthians 1:20
1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law?
Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
John 8:23
8:23 Jesus replied,
“You people
are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
John 15:19
15:19 If you belonged to the world,
the world would love you as its own.
However, because you do not belong to the world,
but I chose you out of the world, for this reason
the world hates you.
John 17:6
Jesus Prays for the Disciples
17:6 “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.
John 17:9
17:9 I am praying
on behalf of them. I am not praying
on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.
John 17:15-16
17:15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe
from the evil one.
17:16 They do not belong to the world
just as I do not belong to the world.
John 17:2
17:2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity,
so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
Colossians 4:4
4:4 Pray that I may make it known as I should.
Ephesians 2:2
2:2 in which
you formerly lived
according to this world’s present path,
according to the ruler of the kingdom
of the air, the ruler of
the spirit
that is now energizing
the sons of disobedience,
Ephesians 2:1
New Life Individually
2:1 And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
Ephesians 4:5
4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians 4:7
4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.