14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed.

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21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (A)murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, (B)sensuality, (C)envy, (D)slander, (E)pride, (F)foolishness.

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21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

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22 to (A)put off (B)your old self,[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through (C)deceitful desires,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C)

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18 But (A)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

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18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(A) and these defile them.

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13 But (A)exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by (B)the deceitfulness of sin.

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13 But encourage one another daily,(A) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(B)

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20 (A)He feeds on (B)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (C)a lie in my right hand?”

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20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(A) a deluded(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(C)

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13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

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13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(A) to bring about my death,(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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Warning Against Worldliness

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b] You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:1 Greek pleasures; also verse 3
  2. James 4:1 Greek in your members

Submit Yourselves to God

What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill.(C) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

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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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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (A)from it flow (B)the springs of life.

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
    and I have (A)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

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“If my heart has been enticed(A) by a woman,(B)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

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27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(A)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(B)

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11 For sin, (A)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (B)deceived me and through it killed me.

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11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(A) deceived me,(B) and through the commandment put me to death.

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