1 John 2:17

1 John 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Context of 1 John 2:17

15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For 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. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. 18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

1 John 2:17 word by word

καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.¶Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• is passing awayπαράγωparagō · to passG3855
• itsαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• desiresἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• butδέde · thenG1161
• doesποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• remainsμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• foreverεἰςeis · towardG1519
• foreverαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165

Cross-references for 1 John 2:17

• Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Psalms 90:9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
• Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• 1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
• James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
• Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
• Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
• John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
• Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Commentaries on 1 John 2:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The world passeth away - All these things are continually fading and perishing; and the very state in which they are possessed is changing perpetually, and the earth and its works will be shortly burnt up. And the lust thereof - The men of this world, their vain pursuits, and delusive pleasures, are passing away in their successive generations, and their very memory perishes; but he that doeth the will of God - that seeks the pleasure, profit, and honor…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And the world passeth away - Everything properly constituting this world where religion is excluded. The reference here does not seem to be so much to the material world, as to the scenes of show and vanity which make up the world. These things are passing away like the shifting scenes of the stage. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 7:31. And the lust thereof - All that is here so much the object of desire. These things are like a pageant, which only amuses…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-17Verses 15-17 The things of the world may be desired and possessed for the uses and purposes which God intended, and they are to be used by his grace, and to his glory; but believers must not seek or value them for those purposes to which sin abuses them. The world draws the heart from God; and the more the love of the world prevails, the more the love of God decays. The things of the world are classed according to the three ruling inclinations of depraved…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The world is a morally evil system that is under the influence of Satan and is opposed to God and to Christ’s kingdom on this earth (2:16; 3:1; 4:4; 5:19; John 12:31; 15:18; Ephesians 6:11–12; James 4:4). The world appeals to people’s fleshly desires and turns them away from God. People who belong to the world in this way need God to rescue them from it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. 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 (1Jo 2:16). he that doeth the will of God--not his own fleshly will, or the will of the world, but that of God (1Jo 2:3, 6), especially in respect to love. abideth for ever--"even as God also abideth for ever" (with whom the godly is one; compare Psa 55:19, "God, even He that abideth of old): a true…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 2:17

• Covetousness
• Immortality
• Lust
• Obedience
• Righteous
• Worldliness
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• Advocate
• Lie
• Stumble
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Holy Spirit
• Johannine Theology

Commentaries on 1 John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings