1 John 2:17

The world and its desires are passing away, but whoever does God's will lives forever. Only a life aligned with God endures.

Cross-references · 28

• Matt 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• 1 Cor 7:31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
• Rom 12:2And 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, and perfect, will of God.
• 1 Pet 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• Heb 10:36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Mark 3:35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
• Isa 40:6–8The 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 Pet 1:24–25For 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:
• John 10:28–30And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• 1 Pet 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Th 4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• Ps 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Matt 7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
• John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
• Jas 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
• Matt 21:31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
• Jas 1:10–11But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 1 Th 5:18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
• Prov 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Col 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Ps 125:1–2They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 73:18–20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
• Ps 90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
• Ps 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
• John 7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• Col 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
• Ps 102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

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