to lead near · verb — present passive indicative, 3rd person singular
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
lust
ἐπιθυμίαepithumia
G1939
a longing (especially for what is forbidden) · noun — nominative singular feminine
thereof
αὐτοῦ·autou
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
but
δὲde
G1161
but · conjunction
doeth
ποιῶνpoiōn
G4160
to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
will
θέλημαthelēma
G2307
a determination (properly · noun — accusative singular neuter
God
θεοῦtheou
G2316
figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
abideth
μένειmenei
G3306
to stay (in a given place · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
for
εἰςeis
G1519
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
ever
αἰῶνα.¶aiōna
G165
properly · noun — accusative singular masculine
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Cross-references
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,…
1 Corinthians 7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
1 Peter 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Hebrews 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Mark 3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
1 Peter 1:24-25 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:12-17
This new command of holy love, with the incentives thereto, may possibly be directed to the several ranks of disciples that are here accosted. The several graduates in the Christian university, the catholic church, must be sure to preserve the bond of sacred love. Or, there being an important dehortation and dissuasion to follow, without the observance of which vital religion in the love of God and love of the brethren cannot subsist, the apostle may justly seem to preface it with a solemn address to the several forms or orders in the school of Christ: let the infants or minors, the adults, the seniors (or the adepti, the teleioi, the most perfect), in the Christian institution, know that th…
the world--with all who are of the world worldly.
passeth away--Greek, "is passing away" even now.
the lust thereof--in its threefold manifestation (Jo1 2:16).
he that doeth the will of God--not his own fleshly will, or the will of the world, but that of God (Jo1 2:3, Jo1 2:6), especially in respect to love.
abideth for ever--"even as God also abideth for ever" (with whom the godly is one; compare Psa 55:19, "God, even He that abideth of old): a true comment, which CYPRIAN and LUCIFER have added to the text without support of Greek manuscripts. In contrast to the three passing lusts of the world, the doer of God's will has three abiding goods, "riches, honor, and life" (Pro 22:4).
Adam Clarke on 1 John 2:17
The world passeth away - All these things are continually fading and perishing; and the very state in which they are possessed is changing perpetually, and the earth and its works will be shortly burnt up.
And the lust thereof - The men of this world, their vain pursuits, and delusive pleasures, are passing away in their successive generations, and their very memory perishes; but he that doeth the will of God - that seeks the pleasure, profit, and honor that comes from above, shall abide for ever, always happy through time and eternity, because God, the unchangeable source of felicity, is his portion.
John Gill
The Church Fathers
In discussing with the Jews, Christ explained: "This is the will of the Father, that you should believe in the one whom he has sent." The one who keeps his commandments will gain eternal life.
"And the world is passing away, and the lust of it: but he who does the will of God abides forever." And he said, these lust of the flesh do not have durability and subsistence, but pass away: those, however, that are done according to the will of God abides forever. But the persistence of the wise is not to despise by contempt and to cling to things that perish: they do something similar to one trying to build a house with a shadow, "but he who does the will of God." But what is the will of the Father? That they believe in Him Whom He has sent. (see Jn. 6:29)
That we are not to obey our own will, but the will of God. In the Gospel according to John: "I came not down from heaven to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me." Of this same matter, according to Matthew: "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what Thou wilt." Also in the daily prayer: "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth." Also according to Matthew: "Not every one who saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven." Also according to Luke: "But that servant which knoweth his Lord's will, and obeyed not His will, shall be beaten with many stripes." In the Epistle of John: "But he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever, even as He Himself also abideth for ever."
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
on 1 John 2:17
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 continually changing, and casting into different hands, and different forms; the men of the world, the inhabitants of it, are continually removing; one generation goes, and another comes, new faces are continually appearing; the riches and honours of the world are fading, perishing, and transitory things; everything is upon the flux, nothing is permanent; which is another argument why the world, and the things of it, are not to be loved:
and the lust thereof; also passes away; and objects of lust a…
1 John 2:15-17
15. 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.
15. Ne diligatis mundum, neque ea quae in mundo sunt: si quis diligit mundum non est charitas Patris in eo.
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
16. Quia quicquid est in mundo (nempe concupiscentia carnis, concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitae) non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
17. Atqui mundus transit, et concupiscentia…
The world is a morally evil system that is under the influence of Satan and is opposed to God and to Christ’s Kingdom on this earth (2:16; 3:1; 4:4; 5:19; John 12:31; 15:18; Eph 6:11-12; Jas 4:4). The world appeals to people’s fleshly desires and thereby diverts them from God. Those who are from this world need God to redeem them from it.
