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1 John 2:17
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
1 John 2:17 · World English Bible
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1 John 2:17 in other translations
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
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In context
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 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.
16 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.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
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