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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 John 2:17

And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covetousness;   Immortality;   Lust;   Obedience;   Righteous;   Worldliness;   Young Men;   Scofield Reference Index - Separation;   World-System;   Thompson Chain Reference - Doers;   God's;   Mutability;   Mutability-Immutability;   Obedience;   Obedience-Disobedience;   Surrendered Life, Characteristics of;   Will;   World, the;   Worldliness;   The Topic Concordance - Abidance;   Will of God;   World;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Love;   World;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life;   John, Theology of;   Lust;   New Heavens and a New Earth;   Will of God;   World;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Adoption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   John, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fullness of Time;   John, the Letters of;   Lust;   Obedience;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Epistles of;   John, Theology of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - John Epistles of;   John, Gospel of (Critical);   Lust;   World;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - John, the Epistles of;   Love;   Persecution;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 5;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for March 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
King James Version (1611)
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but hee that doeth the will of God, abideth for euer.
King James Version
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
English Standard Version
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
New American Standard Bible
The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.
New Century Version
The world and everything that people want in it are passing away, but the person who does what God wants lives forever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
Berean Standard Bible
The world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
Contemporary English Version
The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.
Complete Jewish Bible
And the world is passing away, along with its desires. But whoever does God's will remains forever.
Darby Translation
And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.
Easy-to-Read Version
The world is passing away, and all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But whoever does what God wants will live forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this world passeth away, & the lust thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth euer.
George Lamsa Translation
And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Good News Translation
The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.
Lexham English Bible
And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
Literal Translation
And the world is passing away, and its lust. But the one doing the will of God abides forever.
Amplified Bible
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.
American Standard Version
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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.
Hebrew Names Version
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
International Standard Version
And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.1 Corinthians 7:31; James 1:10; 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And the world passeth, (both) it and its lusts; but he who doeth the will of Aloha, continueth for ever.
Murdock Translation
17 And the world is passing away, [fn] it and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the pleasure of God, abideth for ever.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worlde passeth away, and the luste thereof: but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.
English Revised Version
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
World English Bible
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the world passeth away, and the desire thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
Weymouth's New Testament
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the world schal passe, and the coueitise of it; but he that doith the wille of God, dwellith with outen ende.
Update Bible Version
And the world passes away, and the desire thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
New English Translation
And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
New King James Version
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
New Living Translation
And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
New Life Bible
The world and all its desires will pass away. But the man who obeys God and does what He wants done will live forever.
New Revised Standard
And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the world, passeth away, and the coveting thereof, but, he that doeth the will of God, endureth unto times age-abiding.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
Revised Standard Version
And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides for ever.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the worlde vannyssheth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god abydeth ever.
Young's 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.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.
Simplified Cowboy Version
This entire world is gripped in the throes of death. This world's desires are passing away like paper in a fire. But those who ride for God will live forever.

Contextual Overview

12 Babes, I wryte vnto you, that yor synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake. 13 I wryte vnto you fathers, how that ye haue knowne him which is from ye begynnynge. I wryte vnto you yonge me, how that ye haue euercome the wicked. I wryte vnto you litle children, how that ye haue knowne the father. 14 I haue wrytten vnto you fathers, how that ye haue knowne him, which is fro the begynnynge. I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men, how that ye are stronge, and the worde of God abydeth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked. 15 Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him: 16 for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde. 17 And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the world: Psalms 39:6, Psalms 73:18-20, Psalms 90:9, Psalms 102:26, Isaiah 40:6-8, Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthians 7:31, James 1:10, James 1:11, James 4:14, 1 Peter 1:24

but: Psalms 143:10, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 21:31, Mark 3:35, John 7:17, Romans 12:2, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 4:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 10:36, 1 Peter 4:2

abideth: Psalms 125:1, Psalms 125:2, Proverbs 10:25, John 4:14, John 6:58, John 10:28-30, 1 Peter 1:5, 1 Peter 1:25

Reciprocal: Psalms 37:27 - do good Ecclesiastes 2:11 - I looked Matthew 12:50 - do 1 Corinthians 6:2 - the smallest 1 Corinthians 7:29 - the time 2 Corinthians 4:18 - for Ephesians 6:6 - doing Hebrews 13:21 - to do 2 John 1:2 - which Revelation 18:14 - thy soul Revelation 21:4 - the former

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus was heaue and earth fynished with all their hoost,
Genesis 2:4
These are the generacions of heaue and earth whan they were created, in the tyme whan the LORDE God made heauen and earth:
Genesis 2:6
But there arose a myst from the earth, & watered all the londe.
Genesis 2:9
And the LORDE God caused to sprynge out of the earth all maner trees, pleasaut to loke vpo, and good to eate: and the tre of life in the myddest of the garden, and the tre of knowlege of good and euell.
Genesis 2:10
And out of Eden there wente a ryuer, to water the garden, and there deuyded it selfe into foure heade waters.
Genesis 2:12
And there is founde golde, (& the golde of that countre is precious,) and there is founde Bedellion, and the precious stone Onix.
Genesis 2:13
The second water is called Gihon, which runneth aboute the whole londe of ye Morias.
Genesis 2:18
And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.
Genesis 2:20
And man gaue names vnto all maner catell, & vnto the foules vnder the heaue, and vnto all maner beastes of ye felde. But vnto man there was founde no helpe, to beare him company.
Genesis 2:21
Then the LORDE God caused an herde slepe to fall vpon man, and he slepte. And he toke out one of his rybbes, and (in steade therof) he fylled vp ye place with flesh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the world passeth away,.... Not the matter and substance, but the fashion, form, and scheme of it, 1 Corinthians 7:31; kingdoms, cities, towns, houses, families, estates, and possessions, are continually changing, and casting into different hands, and different forms; the men of the world, the inhabitants of it, are continually removing; one generation goes, and another comes, new faces are continually appearing; the riches and honours of the world are fading, perishing, and transitory things; everything is upon the flux, nothing is permanent; which is another argument why the world, and the things of it, are not to be loved:

and the lust thereof; also passes away; and objects of lust are fading and fleeting, as beauty, and riches, and honours; these are continually taking away from men, or men are taken away from them, and will not be hereafter; and even the pleasure of lust itself passes away as soon as enjoyed; the pleasures of sin are but for a season, and a very short one; and are indeed but imaginary, and leave a real bitterness and sorrow behind them, and at length bring a man to ruin and destruction:

but he that doeth the will of God; not perfectly as contained in the law, which is the good, and perfect, and acceptable will of God; for no man can do that in such a manner, though a regenerate man desires to do it, even as it is done in heaven, and serves the law of God with his mind, and under the influence of the Spirit of God; and does walk in his statutes, and keeps his judgments from a principle of love, in faith, and without mercenary views and sinister ends, without depending on what he does for life and salvation; and such an one may be said to be a doer of the will of God: though rather here it intends such an one as believes in Christ, as the propitiation for his sins, and as his advocate with the Father, and who, makes Christ his pattern and example, and walks as he walked; and particularly observes the new commandment of love, loves God, and Christ, and his fellow Christians, and not the world, and the things of it: and such a man is happy, for he

abideth for ever; in the love of God, which will never depart from him, nor shall he be separated from that; and in the hands and arms of Christ, out of which none can pluck him; and in the family and household of God, where he, as a son, abides for ever, and shall never be cast out; and in a state of justification, and shall never enter into condemnation; and in a state of grace and holiness, from whence he shall never fall totally and finally; and in heaven with Christ to all eternity: the reason of this his abiding is not his doing the will of God, which is only descriptive of him manifestatively, and not the cause of his perpetuity and immovableness; but his eternal election of God, which stands sure, not on the foot of works, but of him that calleth; and the covenant of grace in which he is interested, and which is immovable, sure, firm, and inviolable; and the foundation Jesus Christ, on which he is built; and the principle of grace in him, which always remains, and is connected with eternal life.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the world passeth away - Everything properly constituting this world where religion is excluded. The reference here does not seem to be so much to the material world, as to the scenes of show and vanity which make up the world. These things are passing away like the shifting scenes of the stage. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 7:31.

And the lust thereof - All that is here so much the object of desire. These things are like a pageant, which only amuses the eye for a moment, and then disappears forever.

But he that doeth the will of God abideth forever - This cannot mean that he will never die; but it means that he has built his happiness on a basis which is secure, and which can never pass away. Compare the notes at Matthew 7:24-27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. The world passeth away — All these things are continually fading and perishing; and the very state in which they are possessed is changing perpetually, and the earth and its works will be shortly burnt up.

And the lust thereof — The men of this world, their vain pursuits, and delusive pleasures, are passing away in their successive generations, and their very memory perishes; but he that doeth the will of God-that seeks the pleasure, profit, and honour that comes from above, shall abide for ever, always happy through time and eternity, because God, the unchangeable source of felicity, is his portion.


 
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