1 John 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 John 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the world passeth away - Everything properly constituting this world where religion is excluded. The reference here does not seem to be so much to the material world, as to the scenes of show...
1 John 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (15) He shows how much better it is to obey the Father's will, than the lusts of the world,...
1 John 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Christians are called to love God and their brethren, but they must not love the world, i.e. the circle of interests divorced from God and in opposition to His will. Its gratifications, such as sen...
1 John 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

will . App-102. for ever . App-151. a.
1 John 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17 And the world passeth away As there is nothing in the world but what is fading, and as it were for a moment, he hence concludes that they who seek their happiness from it, make a wretched...
1 John 2:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2438 LOVE OF THE WORLD FORBIDDEN 1 John 2:15-17 . Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For al...
1 John 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. The world passeth away - All these things are continually fading and perishing; and the very stat...
1 John 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the world passeth away, &c.— The short continuance of this life is here alleged as another reason against worldly-mindedness. See Psalms 37:36 . 2 Peter 3:7 . In this and the two foregoin...
1 John 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. The world - with all who are of the world worldly. Passeth away , х paragetai ( G3...
1 John 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate ] The word thus tra...
1 John 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE THINGS THEY MUST NOT LOVE IF THEY WALKED IN THE LIGHT ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). — The solemnity of the thoughts of 1 John 2:9 ; 1 John 2:11 is too much for the warm heart of the Apostle. He cannot b...
1 John 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 USE AND ABUSE OF THE SENSE OF THE VANITY OF THE WORLD 1 John 2:17 The connection of the passage in which these words occur is not difficult to trace for those who are used to follow...
1 John 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Transient Desires, Abiding Life 1 John 2:12-17 There are gradations in Christian experience-the child, the father, the young man. The note of the child is the glad sense of forgiveness; of the...
1 John 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to lig...
1 John 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust o...
1 John 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the world passeth away ,.... Not the matter and substance, but the fashion, form, and scheme of it, 1 Corinthians 7:31 ; kingdoms, cities, towns, houses, families, estates, and possessions, are...
1 John 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Ver. 17. And the world passeth away ] As the stream of a swift river passeth by the side of a...
1 John 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To you all, whether fathers, young men, or little children, I say, Love not the world Pursue your victory by overcoming the world, and all the temptations which may assault you from it, whether fro...
1 John 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
1 John 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against the Love of the World. A. D. 80. 12 I write unto you, little children, because your...
1 John 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He sets the difference in view, of living according to the common genius, will, or inclination of the world, (which is lust), and according to the Divine will, that he who unites himself in his will...
1 John 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Know the Father and the Eternal Word and Must Beware of Loving The World ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). Having exhorted them of the need to remain true to Him and to the Word Who ‘is' from the beginning...
1 John 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:12-17 indicate the things which the disciples must not love, if they would walk in the light, and be sons with the “Only Begotten.” 1 John 2:12 . Sins...
1 John 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:17 The Apostle draws a contrast, and bids us choose which of two things we prefer. "The world," he says, "passeth away, and the lust thereof"; at its best it is but for a moment; "but he...
1 John 2:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1-4 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation fo...
1 John 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the...
1 John 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is c...
1 John 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against the love of the world:
1 John 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:31 ; 1 Peter 1:24 ; 1 Peter 1:25 ; 1 Peter 1:5 ; 1 Peter 4:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; Colossians 1:9 ; Colossians 4:12 ; Hebrews 10:36 ; Isaiah 40:6-8...
1 John 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The world passeth away, and the desire thereof — That is, all that can gratify those desires passeth away with it. But he that doeth the will of God — That loves God, not the world. Abideth — In th...

1 John 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 John 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes