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Καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. (1 John 2:17)

And the world is passing away, and its desire: but the one who does the will of God remains forever.

In 1 John 2:17, John presents a profound contrast between what is fading and what endures. The grammatical tension hinges on two verbs: παράγεται (is passing away) and μένει (remains). One is passive and transient; the other is active and eternal. Greek grammar doesn’t just state the theological point — it performs it. The world is in the passive voice, swept along by time.… Learn Koine Greek