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 the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.

Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is--that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.

For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm--Christians of ripe character and of clear conviction as to everything which is God's will.

For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;

In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

that in future you may spend the rest of your earthly lives, governed not by human passions, but by the will of God.

Abideth

but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."

I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand.

whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age.