WORLDLINESS-UNWORLDLINESS

(A) WORLDLINESS

(1) Warnings against

Mt 16:26; Lu 21:34; Ro 12:2; Co 3:2; Tit 2:12; Jas 4:4; 1Jo 2:15

--SEE Worldly Fulness, PROSPERITY
Prosperity, PROSPERITY

(2) Perilous, some of the Evil Effects of

Destroys the Influence of the Truth
Mt 13:22

Deludes Men into a State of False Security
Mt 24:38,39

Makes Earthly Affections Supreme
1Co 7:32,33

Moulds the Activities and Plans of Life
Eph 2:2

Leads to Religious Apostasy
2Ti 4:10; Jas 5:5

(B) SINFUL IMITATION of worldly people and customs condemned

In Committing Popular Sins
EX 23:2

In False Worship
De 12:30

In Bad Governmental Policies
1Sa 8:19,20

In Heathenish Practices
2Ki 17:15

In Following a Bad Example
Mt 23:2,3

(C) WORLDLY BUILDERS, examples of

Job 27:18; Jer 22:14; Da 4:30; Lu 6:49; 12:18

--SEE Men's Plans, PLANS

(D) UNWORLDLINESS, special references to

Ro 12:2; 1Co 7:31; Ga 6:14; 2Ti 2:4; Heb 11:24,25; 1Jo 2:15

--SEE Separation (4), SEPARATION

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