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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