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1 John 2:12-17

Listen to 1 John 2:12-17

Reasons for Writing

12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His name.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have had victory over the evil one.
14 I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, God's word remains in you, and you have had victory over the evil one.

A Warning about the World

15 Do not love the world or the things that belong to[a] the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
16 For everything that belongs to[b] the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one's lifestyle-is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17 And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God's will remains forever.

1 John 2:12-17 Study Resources

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Do Not Love the World Part 2
Do Not Love the World Part 2
Damian Kyle

Who do you love, and how do you live, a couple of key questions we’ll explore today on According to the Scriptures as we continue through First John. This would be a good time to look in the mirror and examine our affections to see if they need to be realigned with God’s will! The fact of the matter is there are a good number of people in love with the world, or the things of this world, and that will all pass away one day. But those who do the will of God will live forever.

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit things in
  • [b] Lit that is in
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