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Marcus J. Borg Quote

The first phrase affirms God so loved the world—not Christians in particular, or the elect, or the church, but the world. God’s passion is the world. Christians have often been fearful of loving the world, for they have sometimes confused it with worldliness. But loving the world doesn’t mean getting lost in the world. It means loving the world—the creation—as God loves the world.

Marcus J. Borg

The first phrase affirms God so loved the world—not Christians in particular, or the elect, or the church, but the world. God’s passion is the world. Christians have often been fearful of loving the world, for they have sometimes confused it with worldliness. But loving the world doesn’t mean getting lost in the world. It means loving the world—the creation—as God loves the world.

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