'Desire' in the Bible
It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,
My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;
Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.
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