19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen(A) you out of it, the world hates you.

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19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(A) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(B)

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27 Pure and undefiled religion before our[a] God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows(A) in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.(B)

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  1. James 1:27 Or before the

27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(A) orphans and widows(B) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(C)

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A Warning about the World

15 Do not love the world(A) or the things that belong to[a] the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

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  1. 1 John 2:15 Lit things in

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)

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