1 John 2:16
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.
15 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.
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.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
- ASV
- For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
- DARBY
- because 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.
- BLB
- because all that [is] in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the vaunting of life, is not from the Father but is from the world.
- ÅB
- for alt det som er i verden, kjødets lyst og øynenes lyst og storaktighet i levnet, er ikke av Faren, men av verden.
- OTB
- For alt som er i verden, kjødets lyst, øynenes lyst, og livets stolte pryd, er ikke fra Faderen, men er fra verden.
- B1930
- for alt det som er i verden, kjødets lyst og øinenes lyst og storaktighet i levnet, er ikke av Faderen, men av verden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Read in contextGalatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Read in contextPsalms 119:36–37
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Read in contextGenesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Read in contextProverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Read in contextEphesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Read in context1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Read in contextJames 3:15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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