1Jo 2:15-16 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1John 2:15-17: 2:15-17 The world is a morally evil system that is under the influence of Satan and is opposed to God and to Christ’s Kingdom on this earth (2:16 ; 3:1 ; 4:4 ; 5:19 ; John 12:31 ; 15:18 ; Eph 6:11-12 ; Jas 4:4 ). The world appeals to people’s fleshly desires and thereby diverts them from God. Those who are from this world need God to redeem them from it.

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‏ 1 John 2:15-16

Summary for 1John 2:15-17: 2:15-17 ^a The world is a morally evil system that is under the influence of Satan and is opposed to God and to Christ’s Kingdom on this earth (2:16 ^b; 3:1 ^c; 4:4 ^d; 5:19 ^e; John 12:31 ^f; 15:18 ^g; Eph 6:11-12 ^h; Jas 4:4 ⁱ). The world appeals to people’s fleshly desires and thereby diverts them from God. Those who are from this world need God to redeem them from it.