17The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.


In Context

14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.

17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

1st John 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain — to the age.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God stays for ever.