1 John 2:17-19

Worldwide English (New Testament)

¹⁷ And the world will go away and all the things in it that people like to do. But the person who does what God wants him to do will live for ever.

¹⁸ Children, we are very near the end of time. You have heard that someone will come who is against Christ. Many who are against Christ have already come. That is how we know that we are very near the end of time.

¹⁹ They left us, but they did not belong with us. If they had belonged with us, they would have stayed with us. But they left us so that people could see that all of them did not belong with us.