1 John 2:15

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ESV	Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
NIV	Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
NLT	Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
KJV	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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