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.

 (ii) In 1 John 2:29 John comes back to a thought which is never far from his mind. The only way in which a man can prove that he is abiding in Christ is by the righteousness of his life. The profession a man makes will always be proved or disproved by his practice. 