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Open 2 Corinthians 6:17
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Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
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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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And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
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Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
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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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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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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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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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They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
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Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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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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The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
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Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
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All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
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And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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