1 John 2:17

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Summary

1 John 2:17

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

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Abideth

Bible References

But

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

Which of the two sons did as his father wished?" " The second," they said. "I tell you," added Jesus, "that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

For this is God's purpose--that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality;

Under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

Abideth

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

That is the Bread which has come down from Heaven--not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live for ever."

And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a Salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.