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1 John 2:17–18

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And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
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From verse 17

  1. Matthew 24:35Rank 1 from verse 17
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    35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:31Rank 2 from verse 17
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    31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

  3. Romans 12:2Rank 3 from verse 17
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    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.

  4. 1 Peter 4:2Rank 4 from verse 17
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    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.

  5. Hebrews 10:36Rank 5 from verse 17
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  6. Mark 3:35Rank 6 from verse 17
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    35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

  7. Isaiah 40:6–8Rank 7 from verse 17
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    6The 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:

    7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

    8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

  8. 1 Peter 1:24–25Rank 8 from verse 17
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    24For 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:

    25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  9. John 10:28–30Rank 9 from verse 17
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    28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

    29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

    30I and my Father are one.

  10. 1 Peter 1:5Rank 10 from verse 17
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    5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:3Rank 11 from verse 17
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    3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

  12. Psalms 143:10Rank 12 from verse 17
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    10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  13. John 4:14Rank 13 from verse 17
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    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.

  14. Matthew 7:21Rank 14 from verse 17
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    21¶ Not 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.

  15. James 4:14Rank 15 from verse 17
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    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.

  16. John 6:58Rank 16 from verse 17
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    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.

  17. James 1:10–11Rank 17 from verse 17
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    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  18. Matthew 21:31Rank 18 from verse 17
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    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.

  19. 1 Thessalonians 5:18Rank 19 from verse 17
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    18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

  20. Colossians 4:12Rank 20 from verse 17
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    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.

  21. Proverbs 10:25Rank 21 from verse 17
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    25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

  22. Psalms 125:1–2Rank 22 from verse 17
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    1THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

    2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  23. Psalms 73:18–20Rank 23 from verse 17
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    18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

    20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  24. Colossians 1:9Rank 24 from verse 17
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    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;

  25. John 7:17Rank 25 from verse 17
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    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  26. Psalms 39:6Rank 26 from verse 17
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    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.

  27. Psalms 90:9Rank 27 from verse 17
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    9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

  28. Psalms 102:26Rank 28 from verse 17
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    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:

From verse 18

  1. 1 John 4:3Rank 1 from verse 18
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    3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

  2. 2 John 1:7Rank 2 from verse 18
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    7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

  3. 1 John 2:22Rank 3 from verse 18
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    22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

  4. Matthew 24:24Rank 4 from verse 18
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    24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  5. Matthew 24:5Rank 5 from verse 18
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    5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

  6. 1 John 4:1Rank 6 from verse 18
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    1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

  7. 1 Timothy 4:1–3Rank 7 from verse 18
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    1NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

    2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

    3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

  8. 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12Rank 8 from verse 18
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    3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

    4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

    5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

    6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

    7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

    8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

    9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  9. 2 Timothy 3:1–6Rank 9 from verse 18
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    1THIS know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

    2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

    3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

    4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

    6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

  10. 2 Timothy 4:3–4Rank 10 from verse 18
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    3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

    4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

  11. Mark 13:6Rank 11 from verse 18
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    6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

  12. Matthew 24:11Rank 12 from verse 18
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    11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

  13. 2 Peter 2:1Rank 13 from verse 18
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    1BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

  14. Jude 1:18Rank 14 from verse 18
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    18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

  15. Mark 13:21–22Rank 15 from verse 18
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    21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

    22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

  16. 2 Peter 3:3Rank 16 from verse 18
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    3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

  17. Acts 20:29–30Rank 17 from verse 18
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    29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

    30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

  18. Hebrews 1:2Rank 18 from verse 18
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    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  19. 1 Peter 1:20Rank 19 from verse 18
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    20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

  20. 1 Peter 1:5Rank 20 from verse 18
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    5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  21. John 21:5Rank 21 from verse 18
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    5Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

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1 John 2:17

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passeth

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Third-person singular present form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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lust

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Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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1 John 2:18

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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last

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At the end or after all others; latest or final.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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antichrists

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Persons who deny that Jesus is the Christ and thereby deny the Father and the Son, or who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

2:15Love 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.

2:16For 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.

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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2:18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

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2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2:21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

2:22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

2:24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

2:26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

2:28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

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