1 John 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

The lust of the flesh

And the lust

And the pride

Is not

James 3:15

General references

Luke 14:33

Bible References

The lust of the flesh

And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

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.

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

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.

Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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.

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

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.

And the lust

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

And the pride

In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,

Is not

This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

General references

Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.