1 John 2:17

and the world is passing away, and the desire of it, but he who is doing the will of God, he remains—throughout the age.

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In The King James Version

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

In Context

16because all that [is] in the world—the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of [one’s] life—is not of the Father, but of the world,

18Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as you heard that the antichrist comes, even now antichrists have become many—whereby we know that it is [the] last hour;

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6Only, each habitually walks in an image, || Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, || He heaps up and does not know who gathers them.

Psalms 90:9For all our days pined away in Your wrath, || We consumed our years as a meditation.

Psalms 125:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Those trusting in YHWH [are] as Mount Zion, || It is not moved—it abides for all time.

Proverbs 10:25As the passing by of a windstorm, || So the wicked is not, || And the righteous is a perpetual foundation.

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who is saying to Me, Lord, Lord, will come into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is doing the will of My Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

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 →

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