What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to e
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin th
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fru
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refus