1 John 2:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς, καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστίν.

Transliteration

Because all the in the kosmō, the epithymia of the sarkos, and the epithymia of the ophthalmōn, and the alazoneia of the biou, not estin from the Patros, all' from the kosmou estin.

Grammar Details

• *kosmō*: dative, masculine, singular - world/universe
• *epithymia*: nominative, feminine, singular - desire/craving/lust
• *sarkos*: genitive, feminine, singular - flesh/body
• *ophthalmōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - eyes
• *alazoneia*: nominative, feminine, singular - boasting/pride/arrogance
• *biou*: genitive, masculine, singular - life/livelihood
• *estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - is/exists
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Father
• *all'*: contraction of *alla* - but/rather
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - world/universe

Word Meanings

• *kosmō*: world/universe/worldly system/mankind
• *epithymia*: desire/craving/lust/longing/passion
• *sarkos*: flesh/body/human nature/physical being
• *ophthalmōn*: eyes/sight/vision
• *alazoneia*: boasting/pride/arrogance/pretension/vainglory
• *biou*: life/livelihood/means of living/worldly goods
• *Patros*: Father/originator/source

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
• Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
• Matt 5:28 : 28 but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: —
• Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that {G302} ye would.
• Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
• Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;
• Rev 18:11-17 : 11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more; 12 merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men. 14 And the fruits which thy soul lusted after are gone from thee, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous are perished from thee, and men shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; 16 {G2532} saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl! 17 for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
• Jude 1:16-18 : 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words]), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage. 17 But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 That they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.
• 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past {G979} may suffice {G2254} to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
• 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they {G0} tremble not to rail at dignities:
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
• Jas 3:15 : 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
• 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:
• Luke 4:5 : 5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
• 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
• Ps 73:6 : 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
• Ps 78:18 : 18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
• Num 11:4 : 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
• Num 11:34 : 34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
• Josh 7:21 : 21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
• Esth 1:3-7 : 3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him; 4 when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 [ There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble. 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
• Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
• Matt 4:8 : 8 Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
• Ps 78:30 : 30 They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,