Says John: “I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” {1T 498.2}

Johannes siger: »Jeg skriver til jer, I unge, fordi I er stærke og Guds ord bliver i jer og I har sejret over den onde. Elsk ikke verden, ej heller det, der er i verden! Hvis nogen elsker verden, så er Faderens kærlighed ikke i ham. Thi alt det, der er i verden, kødets lyst og øjnenes lyst og pral med jordisk gods, er ikke af Faderen, men af verden. Og verden forgår og dens lyst; men den, der gør Guds vilje, bliver til evig tid."