1 John 2:15

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 2:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  2. Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
  3. John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  4. Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
  5. Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  6. Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
  7. Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  8. 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
  9. James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  10. 1 John 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
  11. 1 John 4:5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
  12. 1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  13. 1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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