Cross references

1 John 2:15

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

1 John 2:15 BSB

1 John 2:15 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 4:4 (144 votes) and Romans 12:2 (124 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 13 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does 1 John 2:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 4:4144 votes

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

  2. Romans 12:2124 votes

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  3. Matthew 6:24103 votes

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  4. Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

  5. Luke 16:1368 votes

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

  6. because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

  7. John 15:1961 votes

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

  8. 1 John 3:1752 votes

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

  9. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

  10. Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  11. 1 John 4:544 votes
  12. 1 John 5:1030 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 2:15?

The 10 strongest of 49.