14 Bible Verses About Not of This World

John 15:19

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If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Romans 12:2

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

John 18:36

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Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

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Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

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Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

1 John 2:15

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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

John 17:14

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I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

1 John 2:15–17

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15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. 17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

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15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For 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. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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15Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. 16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. 17The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

John 17:16

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They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Colossians 3:2

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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

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Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

John 8:23

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Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

John 15:18–19

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18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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18If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Ephesians 6:12

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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Philippians 3:20–21

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20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

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20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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20For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

James 4:4

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You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 5:19

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We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

14 Bible Verses About Not of This World

John 15:19

Romans 12:2

John 18:36

1 John 2:15

John 17:14

1 John 2:15–17

John 17:16

Colossians 3:2

John 8:23

John 15:18–19

Ephesians 6:12

Philippians 3:20–21

James 4:4

1 John 5:19

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