Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
Every Christian must make a choice between the love for God and the love of the world. Vincent says the phrase "is not in him" means "more than that he does not love God: rather that the love of God does not dwell in him as the ruling principle of his life" (335). In far too many lives, the ruling principle is love for the things of the world, and God is crowded out. The secret to successful Christian living lies in making the love of God our rule of life.