16 For all that is in the world—(A)the desires of the flesh and (B)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.

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  1. 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions

14 But (A)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (B)to gratify its desires.

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17 For (A)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (B)to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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36 (A)Incline my heart to your testimonies,
    and not to (B)selfish gain!
37 (C)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
    and (D)give me life in your ways.

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit (A)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (B)and he ate.

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  1. Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight

20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
    and (C)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

15 This is not (A)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (B)demonic.

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(A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God. For the time that is past (E)suffices (F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

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11 Beloved, I urge you (A)as sojourners and exiles (B)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, (C)which wage war against your soul.

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10 and especially (A)those who indulge[a] in the lust of defiling passion and (B)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (C)as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

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  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh

21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[a] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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  1. Joshua 7:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

16 These are grumblers, malcontents, (A)following their own sinful desires; (B)they are loud-mouthed boasters, (C)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But you must (D)remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They[a] said to you, (E)“In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”

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  1. Jude 1:18 Or Christ, because they

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (A)worldly passions, and (B)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (C)the present age,

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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.

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18 They (A)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.

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Therefore pride is (A)their necklace;
    violence covers them as (B)a garment.

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14 As obedient children, (A)do not be conformed to the passions (B)of your former ignorance,

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For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

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(A)And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

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28 But I say to you that (A)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Job's Final Appeal

31 “I have made a covenant with my (A)eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?

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24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (A)have crucified the flesh with its (B)passions and desires.

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Now the (A)rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also (B)wept again and said, (C)“Oh that we had meat to eat!

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30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
    (A)while the food was still in their mouths,

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