ACC ~ 1 John 2 v17

ABIDING FOREVER. ANDREAS: In discussing with the Jews, Christ explained: “This is the will of the Father, that you should believe in the one whom he has sent.” The one who keeps his commandments will gain eternal life. CATENA.

THE WORLD PASSES AWAY. BEDE: The world will pass away on the day of judgment when it will be transformed by fire into something better, for then there will be a new heaven and a new earth. The lust of the world will also disappear, because there will be no place for it in the new creation. But the person who does God’s will does not have to worry about this because the things which he desires are heavenly and eternal, so that they do not and cannot change, whatever happens to the world. ON 1 JOHN.

CLINGING TO PERISHABLE THINGS. OECUMENIUS: Wise people do not go on despising the gospel and clinging to the perishable things of this world, for that is just like trying to build a house on sand. COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.