Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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.

They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.