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1 John 2:14-16
International Standard Version
1 John 2:14-16
International Standard Version
14 I have written to you, little children,
because you have known the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have known the one who
has existed from the beginning.
I have written to you, young people,
because you are strong
and because God’s word remains in you
and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Stop loving[a] the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father’s love is not in him. 16 For everything that is in the world—the desire for fleshly gratification,[b] the desire for possessions,[c] and worldly arrogance—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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- 1 John 2:15 Or Don’t love
- 1 John 2:16 Lit. for the flesh
- 1 John 2:16 Lit. of the eyes
1 John 2:14-16
New International Version
1 John 2:14-16
New International Version
14 I write to you, dear children,(A)
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.(B)
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,(C)
and the word of God(D) lives in you,(E)
and you have overcome the evil one.(F)
On Not Loving the World
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(G) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(H) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(I) the lust of the eyes,(J) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
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