1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.
John 15:19If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Galatians 1:10For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Colossians 3:1If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God;
James 4:4Adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.
1 John 4:5They are of the world: therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:13-18
Against the Love of the World. ( a. d. 80.) 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the… Read the whole commentary →