1 John 2:17

Modern English Version

The world and its desires are passing away, but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

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

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days pass away under Your wrath; we finish our years like a whisper.

Proverbs 10:25

When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous stands firm forever.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and prostitutes enter the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God is My brother, and My sister, and My mother.”

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into eternal life.”

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 7:17

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use this world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you. He is one of you, a servant of Christ, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in the entire will of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

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

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need patience, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive the promise.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

1 Peter 1:5

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

1 Peter 4:2

so that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh serving human desires, but the will of God.