1 John 2:16 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

It was still, up to that time, accounted as being in Adam, with its own vicious nature, easily indulging concupiscence after whatever it had seen to be "attractive to the sight," and looking back at the lower things, and checking its itching with fig-leaves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The desire of the flesh - Of the pleasure of the outward senses, whether of the taste, smell, or touch. The desire of the eye - Of the pleasures of imagination, to which the eye chiefly is subservient; of that internal sense whereby we relish whatever is grand, new, or beautiful.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The eyes are delighted with treasures; riches and rich possessions are craved by an extravagant eye; this is the lust of covetousness. There is the pride of life. A vain mind craves all the grandeur, equipage, and pomp of a vain-glorious life; this is ambition, and thirst after honour and applause.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For all that is in the world - All that it can boast of, all that it can promise, is only sensual, transient gratification, and even this promise it cannot fulfill; so that its warmest votaries can complain loudest of their disappointment. The lust of the flesh - Sensual and impure desires which seek their gratification in women, strong drink, delicious viands, and the like. Lust of the eyes - Inordinate desires after finery of every kind, gaudy dress, splendid houses, superb furniture, expensive equipage, trappings, and decorations of all sorts.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
πᾶν	pan	all	G3956 →
τὸ	to	that [is]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
κόσμῳ,	kosmō	world,	G2889 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐπιθυμία	epithumia	desire	G1939 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
σαρκὸς	sarkos	flesh	G4561 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐπιθυμία	epithumia	desire	G1939 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμῶν	ophthalmōn	eyes	G3788 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἀλαζονεία	alazoneia	vaunting	G212 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
βίου,	biou	of life,	G979 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πατρὸς	patros	Father	G3962 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
ἐστίν.	estin	is.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:24
  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Galatians 5:16–17
  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 3:27
  For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Through
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Romans 8:5–8
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- John 3:6
  Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John