1 John 2:17

Contextual Overview

¹² I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ. ¹² I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. ¹² Babes I write vnto you how that youre synnes are forgeven you for his names sake. ¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹² I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. ¹² I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ. ¹² I write to you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹² I have written to you, beloved children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name sake.

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 the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.

Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants).

Genesis 2:1
Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho.

Genesis 2:1
And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

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.