| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. |
| 16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. | 16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. |
| 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. | 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. |
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