Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Holman Bible
And the world with its lust is passing away,
International Standard Version
And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.
A Conservative Version
And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.
American Standard Version
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Amplified
The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.
An Understandable Version
And the world, with its [physical and material] desires, is passing away, but the person who does what God wants will continue to live forever.
Anderson New Testament
And the world and its desire passes away: but he that does the will of God, abides forever.
Bible in Basic English
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
Common New Testament
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.
Darby Translation
And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Now the world passes away, and the lust of it; be he who does the will of God, abides forever.
Godbey New Testament
The world and its lust are indeed passing away; but the one doing the will of God abides forever.
Goodspeed New Testament
and the world with its cravings is passing away, but whoever does God's will will endure forever.
John Wesley New Testament
And the world passeth away, and the desire thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
And the world passes away, and its eager desires: but he doing the will of God remains for ever.
King James 2000
And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}.
Modern King James verseion
And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God, abideth ever.
Moffatt New Testament
and the world is passing away with its desire, while he who does the will of God remains for ever.
Montgomery New Testament
and the world and its lusts are passing away, but he who ever does the will of God abides forever.
NET Bible
And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
New Heart English Bible
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
Noyes New Testament
And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Sawyer New Testament
And the world passes away, and its desires; but he that does the will of God continues for ever.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the world, passeth away, and the coveting thereof, but, he that doeth the will of God, endureth unto times age-abiding.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof, but he who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains for ever.
Webster
And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Weymouth New Testament
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.
Williams New Testament
and the world is passing away and with it the evil longings it incites, but whoever perseveres in doing God's will lives on forever.
World English Bible
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
Worrell New Testament
And the world is passing away, and the desire thereof; but be that does the will of God abides forever.
Worsley New Testament
And the world passeth away, and the desire of it: but he, that doth the will of God, abideth for ever.
Themes
God » Will of, submission to » The rule of every-day life
Obedience » Words of Christ concerning » Secures the blessing of divine fellowship
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
Will » God's, submission to » The rule of every-day life
Will of God » Those that do the will of God
World » The world passing away
The world » Glory of » Mutability of
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
Topics
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 John 2:17
Devotionals containing 1 John 2:17
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 2:17
Prayers for 1 John 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Love The World
16 because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world, 17 and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age. 18 Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many -- whence we know that it is the last hour;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:31
and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
Mark 3:35
for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'
Psalm 39:6
Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
Psalm 73:18-20
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Psalm 90:9
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
Psalm 102:26
They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
Psalm 125:1-2
A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou art my God -- Thy Spirit is good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
Proverbs 10:25
As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:
Matthew 7:21
'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
Matthew 21:31
which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
John 4:14
but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'
John 6:58
this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'
John 7:17
if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.
John 10:28-30
and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;
Romans 12:2
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
Colossians 1:9
Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Colossians 4:12
Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,
1 Thessalonians 4:3
for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
1 Thessalonians 5:18
in every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
Hebrews 10:36
for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,
James 1:10-11
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
James 4:14
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
1 Peter 1:5
who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
1 Peter 1:24-25
because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
1 Peter 4:2
no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;