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Bible in Basic English
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
New American Standard Bible
Among them we too all
King James Version
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Holman Bible
We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly
International Standard Version
Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.
A Conservative Version
Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
American Standard Version
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--
Amplified
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of
An Understandable Version
All of us [Jews] also once lived among such people, fulfilling the improper cravings of our physical being and doing what our bodies and minds desired. In this natural [unconverted] state we were deserving of [God's] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
Anderson New Testament
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others:
Common New Testament
Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Daniel Mace New Testament
of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were:
Darby Translation
among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
Godbey New Testament
among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:
Goodspeed New Testament
We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men.
John Wesley New Testament
in the desires of the flesh, doing the will of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the others.
Julia Smith Translation
Among whom also we then all occupied ourselves in the eager desire? of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and the thoughts; and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.
King James 2000
Among whom also we all had our behavior in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Lexham Expanded Bible
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.
Modern King James verseion
among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
among which we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, and fulfilled the will of the flesh, and of the mind: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as well as others.
Moffatt New Testament
among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men.
Montgomery New Testament
And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all the rest.
NET Bible
among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest
New Heart English Bible
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Noyes New Testament
among whom even we all had our way of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;
Sawyer New Testament
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others;
The Emphasized Bible
Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger - even as the rest, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Webster
Among whom also we all had our manner of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Weymouth New Testament
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
Williams New Testament
once lived while gratifying the cravings of our lower nature, as we continued to carry out the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were exposed to God's wrath, as the rest of mankind.
World English Bible
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Worrell New Testament
among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;
Worsley New Testament
among whom also we were all conversant heretofore in our carnal desires, indulging the appetites of the flesh and of our imaginations; and were by nature children of wrath, even as others.
Youngs Literal Translation
among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,
Themes
Children » Lambs of the fold » Of the world
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » A child of wrath
Names » Of the wicked » Children of wrath
Quickening » Who the lord quickens
Resurrection » God resurrecting the dead
Selfishness » All men addicted to
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 2:3
Images Ephesians 2:3
Prayers for Ephesians 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Made Alive In Christ
2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,
Cross References
Galatians 2:15-16
We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Psalm 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Ephesians 2:2
In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
Genesis 5:3
Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Job 14:4
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
Job 25:4
How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Isaiah 53:6
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Isaiah 64:6-7
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
Daniel 9:5-9
We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.
Mark 7:21-22
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
John 1:13
Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
John 3:1-6
Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
Acts 14:16
Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
Acts 17:30-31
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Romans 1:24
For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
Romans 3:9-19
What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;
Romans 3:22-23
That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
Romans 5:12-19
For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
Romans 6:12
For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;
Romans 7:18
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Romans 8:7-8
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
Romans 9:22
What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:
Romans 11:30
For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
2 Corinthians 7:1
Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
Galatians 3:22
However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
Galatians 5:16-24
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
Ephesians 4:22
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
James 4:1-3
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
1 Peter 1:14
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
1 Peter 2:10-11
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
1 Peter 4:2-3
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
1 John 2:8
Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
1 John 2:16
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
Jude 1:16-18
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.