1 John 2:15

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.

1 John 2:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
ESV
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
NLT
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
MSG
15 Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.
CSB
15 Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:15 In-Context

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

Cross References 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "world, the Father’s love"
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