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1 John 2:15 KJV
1 John · chapter 2 · verse 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.1 John 2:15 · King James Version
1 John 2:15 in context
13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15Love 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.
16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- Loveagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- loveagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
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This new command of holy love, with the incentives thereto, may possibly be directed to the several ranks of disciples that are here accosted. The several graduates in the Christian university, the catholic church, must be sure to preserve the bond of sacred love.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17