1 John 2:16

For all thing that is in the world, is covetousness of (the) flesh, and covetousness of (the) eyes, and (the) pride of life, which is not of the Father, but it is of the world.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

In Context

15Do not ye love the world, nor those things that be in the world. If any man loveth the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. (Do not love the world, nor those things that be in the world. If anyone loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in them.)

17And the world shall pass (away), and the covetousness of it; but he that doeth the will of God, dwelleth [into] without end, (or but he who doeth God’s will, remaineth forever, or liveth forever).

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen. (the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and took wives for themselves of all whom they had chosen.)

Numbers 11:34And that place was called The Sepulchres of Covetousness, or Lust, for there they buried the people that desired flesh. (And so that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, for they buried the people there who lusted after flesh.)

Esther 1:3And in the third year of his empire, he made a great feast to all his princes, and to all his children, or servants, to the strongest men of Persia, and to the noble men of Media, and to the prefects, or chief men, of (the) provinces, before himself, (And in the third year of his empire, or of his reign, he gave a great feast for all his princes, or his leaders, and for all his servants, and the strongest men of Persia and Media, and the nobles, and the prefects, or the chief men, of the provinces, who all came before him;)

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride hath held them; they were covered with their wickedness and unfaithfulness.

Psalms 78:30they were not defrauded of their desire. Yet their meats were in their mouth; (but their desire, or their yearning, was not yet quenched. And so while the food were yet in their mouths;)

Proverbs 6:25Thine heart covet not the fairness of her; neither be thou taken (in) by the beckonings of her. (Do not let thy heart desire her beauty; nor be thou taken in by her beckonings.)

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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