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Different groups vary widely in what to them constitutes separation.

Additionally, there is a distinction between first and second degree separation.

For example, many Baptists want to live in a way that is distinct from the typical lifestyle of the world ( first degree ).

A common phrase of balance is " Be in the World but not of it.

" Others would claim that not only should one separate from the world, but also from those Christians who would not separate themselves from the world ( second degree ).

Believers in second degree separation believe that Christians who are tied up with " the world " are themselves guilty of apostasy for their failure to adequately separate.