John 15:19 Cross References - BBE

¹⁹ If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

³² If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

¹⁶ You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

¹⁴ I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One. ¹⁶ They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

⁴ Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love: ⁵ As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose, ⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: ⁷ In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, ⁸ Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care; ⁹ Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands ¹⁰ The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say, ¹¹ In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

² In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; ³ Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. ⁴ But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, ⁵ Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation,

³ For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. ⁴ But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, ⁵ Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, ⁶ Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

⁹ But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven. ¹⁰ In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you. ¹¹ My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul; ¹² Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

³ Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

¹² Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

⁴ You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ⁵ They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

¹⁹ We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One. ²⁰ And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

⁹ And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

¹⁷ And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:

⁷ And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison, ⁸ And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea. ⁹ And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.