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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.  
19 aThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for bif they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out cthat they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 John 2:17

the world—with all who are of the world worldly.

passeth away—Greek, "is passing away" even now.

the lust thereof—in its threefold manifestation (I John 2:16).

he that doeth the will of God—not his own fleshly will, or the will of the world, but that of God (I John 2:3, I John 2:6), especially in respect to love.

abideth for ever—"even as God also abideth for ever" (with whom the godly is one; compare Psalms 55:19, "God, even He that abideth of old): a true comment, which CYPRIAN and LUCIFER have added to the text without support of Greek manuscripts. In contrast to the three passing lusts of the world, the doer of God's will has three abiding goods, "riches, honor, and life" (Proverbs 22:4).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 2:17:

Ecclesiastes 12:8-12
Song of Solomon 8:7
Daniel 7:12
Matthew 7:25
Romans 6:16
1 Corinthians 7:31
Titus 2:12
James 1:10
1 John 2:8
1 John 2:14
1 John 2:18

 

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