2 Peter 2:14
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14 They have eyes full of adultery,[a] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
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- 2.14 Gk adulteress; or longing for an adulteress
2 Peter 2:14
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14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(A) the unstable;(B) they are experts in greed(C)—an accursed brood!(D)
2 Peter 2:18
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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.
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2 Peter 2:18
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18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.
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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2 Peter 2:3
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3 In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
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- Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
2 Peter 3:16
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16 speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist[a] to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
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- 3.16 Other ancient authorities read will twist
2 Peter 3:16
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16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable(A) people distort,(B) as they do the other Scriptures,(C) to their own destruction.
Ephesians 4:14
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14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;(A)
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Ephesians 4:14
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14 Then we will no longer be infants,(A) tossed back and forth by the waves,(B) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(C)
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 16:18
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18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.
1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine.(A)
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1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(A)
John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
John 5:44
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44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[a]?(A)
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- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
Matthew 12:34
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34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A)
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Matthew 12:34
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.
1 John 2:16
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16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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1 John 2:16
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16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(A) the lust of the eyes,(B) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Mark 13:22
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22 False messiahs[a] and false prophets will appear and produce signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.(A)
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- 13.22 Or christs
Mark 13:22
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22 For false messiahs and false prophets(A) will appear and perform signs and wonders(B) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Jeremiah 13:23
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23 Can Cushites change their skin
or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
who are accustomed to do evil.(A)
Jeremiah 13:23
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- Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)
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