1 John 2:16

1 John 2:16

14 I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because ^ayou are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.

Do Not Love the World

15 ^aDo not love the world or the things in the world. ^bIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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

17 And ^athe world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Deceptions of the Last Hour

18 ^aLittle children, ^bit is the last hour; and as you have heard that ^cthe Antichrist is coming, ^deven now many antichrists have come, by which we know ^ethat it is the last hour.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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All that (pan to). Collective use of the neuter singular as in I John 5:4, like pan o in John 6:37, John 6:39. Three examples, not necessarily covering all sins, are given in the nominative in apposition with pan to. "The lust of the flesh" (h epiqumia thv sarkov, subjective genitive, lust felt by the flesh) may be illustrated by Mark 4:19; Galatians 5:17. So the genitive with h epiqumia twn ofqalmwn (the lust of the eyes) is subjective, lust with the eyes as organs as shown by Jesus in Matthew 5:28. The use of the "movies" today for gain by lustful exhibitions is a case in point. For alazoneia see on James 4:16, the only other N.T. example. Alazwn (a boaster) occurs in Romans 1:30; II Timothy 3:2. Biov (life) as in I John 3:17 is the external aspect (Luke 8:14), not the inward principle (zwh). David Smith thinks that, as in the case of Eve (Genesis 3:1-6) and the temptations of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11), these three sins include all possible sins. But they are all "of the world" (ek tou kosmou) in origin, in no sense "of the Father" (ek tou patrov). The problem for the believer is always how to be in the world and yet not of it (John 17:11, John 17:14 ff.).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 John 2:16:**

Titus 2:11
James 4:16
1 John 3:17

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