1 John 2:17

Holy Bible: 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.

Cross References

Matthew 24:35

The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but my words will last forever.

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

1 Corinthians 7:31

You should use the things of the world without letting them become important to you. This is how you should live, because this world, the way it is now, will soon be gone.

1 Peter 4:2

Strengthen yourselves so that you will live your lives here on earth doing what God wants, not the evil things that people want to do.

Hebrews 10:36

You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, you will get what he promised you.

Mark 3:35

My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”

1 Peter 1:5

God’s power protects you through your faith, and it keeps you safe until your salvation comes. That salvation is ready to be given to you at the end of time.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.

John 4:14

But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life.”

Psalm 143:10

Show me what you want me to do. You are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me over level ground.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

John 6:58

I am not like the bread that your ancestors ate. They ate that bread, but they still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The Jewish leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “The truth is, you are worse than the tax collectors and the prostitutes. In fact, they will enter God’s kingdom before you enter.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whatever happens, always be thankful. This is how God wants you to live in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, another servant of Jesus Christ from your group, sends his greetings. He constantly struggles for you in prayer. He prays that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything that God wants for you.

Proverbs 10:25

The wicked are destroyed when trouble comes, but good people stand strong forever.

Colossians 1:9

Since the day we heard these things about you, we have continued praying for you. This is what we pray: that God will make you completely sure of what he wants by giving you all the wisdom and spiritual understanding you need;

John 7:17

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

Psalm 90:9

Your anger can end our life. Our lives fade away like a whisper.

Psalm 39:6

Our life is like an image in a mirror. We rush through life collecting things, but we don’t know who will get them after we die.

Psalm 102:26

The earth and sky will end, but you will live forever! They will wear out like clothes, and like clothes, you will change them.