Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Adulterers
The friendship
Enmity
Whosoever
Is the
General references
Bible References
Adulterers
Matthew 12:39
He replied to them, "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of the prophet Jonah;
Matthew 16:4
"It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, and no Sign shall be given to it except the Sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.
The friendship
John 7:7
the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
Enmity
Romans 8:7
For the interests of the flesh are hostile to God; they do not yield to the law of God (indeed they cannot).
Whosoever
Galatians 1:10
Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.
Is the
Luke 19:27
And now for these enemies of mine who objected to me reigning over them ??bring them here and slay them in my presence.' "
Romans 5:10
If we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son when we were enemies, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
General references
John 15:18
If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.