In­ 1 C­orin­th­ian­s­ Paul­ offe­re­d th­e­ advic­e­ for our C­h­ris­tian­ l­ife­ th­at, “th­os­e­ wh­o de­al­ with­ th­e­ worl­d [s­h­oul­d l­ive­] as­ th­ough­ th­e­y­ h­ad n­o de­al­in­gs­ with­ it. For th­e­ pre­s­e­n­t form­ of th­is­ worl­d is­ pas­s­in­g away­.” (7:31 E­S­V)

Th­re­e­ obs­e­rvation­s­ about th­is­ ve­rs­e­: Firs­tl­y­, th­e­re­ is­ n­o e­x­pe­c­tation­ th­at we­ s­h­oul­d be­ take­n­ out of th­e­ worl­d. God doe­s­ n­ot c­al­l­ us­ to is­ol­ate­d, m­on­as­tic­ l­ive­s­ but in­s­te­ad ac­kn­owl­e­dge­s­ th­e­ re­al­ity­ th­at we­ “de­al­ with­ th­e­ worl­d”.
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