1 John 2:17

American Standard Version

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

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1 John 2:17 in other translations

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

1 John 2:17 · World English Bible

1 John 2:17 in context

  1. 15Love 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.
  2. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  3. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  4. 18Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
  5. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.