1 John 2:17

1 John chapter 2 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Context

v.16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

v.17This passage

v.18Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  • Mark 3:35

    For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Psalms 143:10

    Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.

  • 1 Peter 1:5

    who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Colossians 4:12

    Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

  • John 4:14

    but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.