Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love (A)the world nor the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, (C)the lust of the flesh and (D)the lust of the eyes and (E)the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 (F)The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who (G)does the will of God continues to live forever.

18 Children, (H)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (I)antichrist is coming, (J)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 (K)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (L)so that [a]it would be evident that they all are not of us. 20 [b]But you have an (M)anointing from (N)the Holy One, and (O)you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but (P)because you do know it, and [c]because no lie is (Q)of the truth. 22 Who is the liar except (R)the one who denies that Jesus is the [d]Christ? This is (S)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (T)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, see that what you heard (U)from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also (V)will remain in the Son and in the Father.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed
  2. 1 John 2:20 Lit And
  3. 1 John 2:21 Or you know that no lie
  4. 1 John 2:22 I.e., Messiah

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