100 Bible Verses about Not of This World (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about not of this world, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 15:19 KJV

¹⁹If 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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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And 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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John 18:36 KJV

³⁶Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

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1 John 2:15 KJV

¹⁵Love 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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John 17:14 KJV

¹⁴I 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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1 John 2:15-17 KJV

¹⁵Love 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. ¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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John 17:16 KJV

¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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Colossians 3:2 KJV

²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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John 8:23 KJV

²³And 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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James 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye 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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1 John 5:19 KJV

¹⁹And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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Ephesians 6:12 KJV

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Philippians 3:20-21 KJV

²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: ²¹Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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John 15:18-19 KJV

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1 John 2:17 KJV

¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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1 John 4:5 KJV

⁵They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

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Philippians 3:20 KJV

²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

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Romans 12:1-2 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ²And 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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James 1:27 KJV

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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Matthew 6:24 KJV

²⁴No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Revelation 21:1-27 KJV

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. ²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his …

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1 John 2:16 KJV

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Matthew 7:16-20 KJV

¹⁶Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into …

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John 17:15 KJV

¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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John 15:18-21 KJV

¹⁸If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹If 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. ²⁰Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept …

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Ephesians 5:11 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Colossians 2:8 KJV

⁸Beware 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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Matthew 16:26 KJV

²⁶For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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1 John 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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1 John 3:13 KJV

¹³Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

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1 Peter 2:11 KJV

¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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1 John 5:4 KJV

⁴For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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John 8:12 KJV

¹²Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV

⁴In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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Titus 2:11-12 KJV

¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, ¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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1 John 2:15-16 KJV

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John 16:11 KJV

¹¹Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

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2 Corinthians 5:20 KJV

²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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Romans 1:20 KJV

²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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2 Peter 1:4 KJV

⁴Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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John 12:46 KJV

⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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John 18:37 KJV

³⁷Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

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Mark 8:36 KJV

³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Matthew 6:19 KJV

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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John 14:30 KJV

³⁰Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 7:13 KJV

¹³Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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Hebrews 13:5 KJV

⁵Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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Proverbs 23:17 KJV

¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

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1 Timothy 6:7-8 KJV

⁷For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. ⁸And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

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Luke 1:35 KJV

³⁵And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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Mark 16:15 KJV

¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

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1 John 5:5 KJV

⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

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1 John 2:2 KJV

²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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1 Corinthians 3:18 KJV

¹⁸Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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John 12:31 KJV

³¹Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

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1 John 4:1 KJV

¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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1 Corinthians 3:19 KJV

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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1 Peter 4:3 KJV

³For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

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Psalm 31:19 KJV

¹⁹Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

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Ephesians 2:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; ²⁰And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; ²¹In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

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1 Corinthians 1:28-29 KJV

²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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1 John 1:7 KJV

⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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Colossians 1:13 KJV

¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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2 Corinthians 10:3 KJV

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

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1 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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Romans 14:1-23 KJV

¹Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. ²For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. ³Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. ⁴Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own …

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John 17:14-16 KJV

¹⁴I 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. ¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. ¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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Matthew 13:22 KJV

²²He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

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Ephesians 2:2 KJV

²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV

³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Titus 2:12 KJV

¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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John 13:18 KJV

¹⁸I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

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Matthew 11:11 KJV

¹¹Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Isaiah 45:1 KJV

¹Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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John 17:18 KJV

¹⁸As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

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John 16:3 KJV

³And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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Luke 16:11 KJV

¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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Daniel 7:13 KJV

¹³I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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Hebrews 13:14 KJV

¹⁴For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

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1 Timothy 6:10 KJV

¹⁰For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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John 7:7 KJV

⁷The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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John 1:11 KJV

¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

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Luke 19:10 KJV

¹⁰For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

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John 4:1-54 KJV

¹When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, ²(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) ³He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. ⁴And he must needs go through Samaria. ⁵Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to …

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John 17:17 KJV

¹⁷Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Mark 16:2 KJV

²And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

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Matthew 17:11-13 KJV

¹¹And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. ¹²But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. ¹³Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

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Matthew 1:18 KJV

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

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