1 John 2:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Love 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ. Ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

Not agapate the kosmon, mēde the things in the kosmō. If anyone agapa the kosmon, not estin the agapē of the Patros in him.

Grammar Details

*agapate*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person plural - love/do not love
*kosmon*: accusative, masculine, singular - world/universe
*mēde*: negative conjunction - nor/and not/not even
*kosmō*: dative, masculine, singular - world/universe
*agapa*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - loves
*estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - is/exists
*agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
*Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Father

Word Meanings

*agapate*: love/cherish/be devoted to
*kosmon*: world/universe/worldly system/mankind
*mēde*: nor/and not/not even/neither
*agapa*: loves/cherishes/is devoted to
*agapē*: love/affection/benevolence
*Patros*: Father/originator/source

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye {G3432} {G2532} adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever {G302} therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
Col 3:1-2 : 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which {G3713} some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Luke 16:13 : 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot {G3756} serve God and mammon.
John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love {G302} its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore {G5124} the world hateth you.
1 John 5:4-5 : 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith. 5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but {G3361} he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? {G1063} if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Eph 2:2 : 2 wherein {G1722} ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
1 John 4:5 : 5 They are of the world: therefore {G5124} speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.
1 John 5:10 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

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