1 John 2:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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,

Psalm 143:10

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

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 90:9

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

Proverbs 10:25

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

Matthew 24:35

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

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.

Mark 3:35

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

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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,

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

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

1 Thessalonians 5:18

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

Hebrews 10:36

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

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.

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 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.