We are leading a life of faith after having been saved from sin by believing in the Lord-given gospel of the water and the Spirit, and from now on we must not love this world as much as we love God. Although I am admonishing you not to love the world, it’s probably not easy for those of you who have loved this world to stop doing it right away. Everyone is stubborn in their own way, and this is the problem. You also are probably trying to live according to your stubborn desires.