Know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law. —Romans 2:18

I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. —John 17:15

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. —1 John 5:4

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world. —2 Timothy 4:10