1 John 2:15-25

15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.

16 For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.

17 And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.

18 Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.

19 They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.

20 As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.

21 I have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and you know that nothing false comes from the truth.

22 Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.

23 No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.

24 As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.

25 And this is the promise which He Himself has given us--the Life of the Ages.