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Love not the world (mē agapāte ton kosmon). Prohibition with mē and the present active imperative of agapaō, either stop doing it or do not have the habit of doing it. This use of kosmos is common in John’s Gospel (Joh 1:10; Joh 17:14.) and appears also in 1Jo 5:19. In epitome the Roman Empire represented it. See it also in Jam 4:4. It confronts every believer today.
If any man love (ean tis agapāi). Third-class condition with ean and present active subjunctive of agapaō (same form as indicative), “if any keep on loving the world.”
The love of the Father (hē agapē tou patros). Objective genitive, this phrase only here in N.T., with which compare “love of God” in 1Jo 2:5. In antithesis to love of the world.