1 John 2:16
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.
Note d'étude
Study Note
John's taxonomy of worldly temptation — 'the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life' — is read by patristic interpreters as a typology corresponding to the three temptations of Eve in Genesis 3:6 ('good for food... pleasant to the eyes... desired to make one wise') and Jesus's three temptations in Matthew 4. The Greek 'alazoneia' (pride of life, boastful pretension) denotes a conspicuous display of resources — what we might call status consumption — making the triad comprehensive: appetitive desire, acquisitive desire, and status desire. The framing in verses 15-17 is eschatological: the world (kosmos) and its lusts are 'passing away,' while the one who does God's will 'abideth for ever.' The verse's analytical precision has made it one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in Christian ascetic and moral theology.
Autres traductions
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
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