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Do notΜὴloveἀγαπᾶτεthe worldτὸν κόσμονnorμηδὲthe thingsτὰinἐνthe world.τῷ κόσμῳIfἐάνanyoneτιςlovesἀγαπᾷthe world,τὸν κόσμονthe loveἡ ἀγάπηof the Fatherτοῦ πατρὸςis notοὐκ ἔστινinἐνhim;αὐτῷ
1 John 2:15
Study it in the app“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:15, word by word
- loveἀγαπᾶτεagapate
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapate” appears- the worldκόσμονkosmon
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmon” appears- the loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- of the Fatherπατρὸςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- is notἔστινestin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appears
The context
14I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 · This verse (above)
16because all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of possessions — is not from the Father but is from the world.
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?