Epistle of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

1 John 2:14-17

Dearly beloved : I write unto you, young men because you are strong, and the word of God remaineth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world nor the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him: for all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life: which is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth, and its concupiscence. But he who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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Verse 15. If any man love the world, this wicked world, or any thing in it, as pleasures, riches, honours, so that his affections be more upon these then upon God, the charity of the Father (or of God) is not in him. Wi.

Verses 16-17. All that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, under which is comprehended all that pleaseth the senses, or the concupiscence of the eyes; i.e. a longing after such things which enter by the eyes, as of riches in gold and silver, in apparel, in houses and palaces, train and equipage, &c. curiosity as to vain arts and sciences; or, the pride of life, as to honours, dignities, and preferments. But the world passeth away, and all these things that belong to it. — He that doth the will of God, abideth for ever, with God in heaven. Wi.

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