1 John 2:15

Temptation Love for others Sin Money and wealth

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 word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
KJV: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
WEB: Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
ASV: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
DARBY: Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
BLB: Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone should love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

ÅB: Elsk ikke verden, heller ikke de ting som er i verden! Om noen elsker verden, da er kjærligheten til Faren ikke i ham;
OTB: Elsk ikke verden eller tingene i den. Hvis noen elsker verden, er kjærligheten til Faderen ikke i dem.
B1930: Elsk ikke verden, heller ikke de ting som er i verden! Om nogen elsker verden, da er kjærligheten til Faderen ikke i ham;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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Colossians 3:1–2
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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1 John 5:4–5
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
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John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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