Philippians 3:19
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19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(A)
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Romans 16:18
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18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites,[a] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.(A)
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- 16.18 Gk their own belly
Romans 8:5-7
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5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit[a] set their minds on the things of the Spirit.[b](A) 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit[c] is life and peace.(B) 7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,(C)
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2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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Colossians 3:2
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2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,
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2 Peter 2:1
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False Prophets and Their Punishment
2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.(A)
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Jude 12-13
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12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(A) 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.(B)
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2 Corinthians 11:15
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15 So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds.(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:12
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12 And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about.
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Galatians 6:13
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13 Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.
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Hosea 4:7
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7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they changed[a] their glory into shame.(A)
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- 4.7 Tg Syr: MT I will change
2 Peter 2:13
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13 suffering[a] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[b] while they feast with you.(A)
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Psalm 17:14
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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
may their children have more than enough;
may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)
Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(A)
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- 22.15 Or prostitutes
Revelation 21:8
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8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)
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Jude 16
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16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[a] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(A)
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- 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts
2 Peter 2:17-19
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17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved.(A) 18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased[a] desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[b] escaped from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.(B)
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Titus 1:11-12
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11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.(A) 12 It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said,
“Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons.”
2 Timothy 3:4
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4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,(A)
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1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.[a](A)
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- 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people
2 Thessalonians 2:12
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12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(A)
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Philippians 2:21
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21 All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.(A)
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1 Corinthians 5:6
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6 Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?(A)
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1 Corinthians 5:2
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2 And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you?
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1 Corinthians 3:3
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3 for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling[a] among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?(A)
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