1 JOHN 2:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions — is not from the Father but is from the world — the triad (sarx epithymia, ophthalmon epithymia, bios alazonia) encompasses sensual lust, visual covetousness, and materialistic pride. All three represent false sources of meaning against divine truth. None originates from God; all belong to the world system.
Church Fathers on 1 John 2:16
“For all that is in the world, is the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,” 1 John 2:16-17 three things he has said, which are not of the Father, but are of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides for ever, even as He abides forever. Why am I not to love what God made? What will you? Whether will you love the things of time, and pass away with time; or not love the world, and live to…
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