'Persists' in the Bible

The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people.

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.