14 孩子們,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識了父。父老們,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識了從太初就存在的那位。年輕人,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們剛強,上帝的道常存在你們心裡,並且你們戰勝了那惡者。

15 不要愛世界和世上的事,因為人若愛世界,就不會再有愛父的心了。 16 凡屬世界的,如肉體的私慾、眼目的私慾和今生的驕傲都不是從父那裡來的,而是從世界來的。

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14 I write to you, dear children,(A)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(B)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,(C)
    and the word of God(D) lives in you,(E)
    and you have overcome the evil one.(F)

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(G) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(H) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(I) the lust of the eyes,(J) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love

14 I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because (A)you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.

Do Not Love the World

15 (B)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (C)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (D)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

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