1 John 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ And the world and its cravings are passing away, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.

1 John 2:17 Cross References

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

1 Peter 1:5

who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

James 4:14

Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

Proverbs 10:25

When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are established forever.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh.

Psalm 39:6

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up and do not know who will gather.

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away,