1 John 2:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.

The Enemy of Christ

¹⁸ My children, the end is near! You were told that the Enemy of Christ would come; and now many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and so we know that the end is near. ¹⁹ These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.