All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of th
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spi
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Fa
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have receive
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refus
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under s
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, a
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit,
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of u
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, pr
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordin
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men,
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one ano
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.