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

Matthew 4:8

Luke 4:5

And the pride

Revelation 18:11

Is not

James 3:15

General references

Matthew 6:19

Mark 4:7

Luke 14:33

Bible References

The lust of the flesh

but I say unto you, That every one who looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

Now these things were examples for us, that we might not be coveters of evil things, as they also coveted.

For the flesh hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so that ye do not the things which ye would.

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.

instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;

For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance:

Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;

that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

especially such as walk after the flesh in the eager pursuit of defilement, and despise government. Daring, self-sufficient, they tremble not at dignities, railing against them.

These men are murmurers, complainers at their lot in life, walking after their own corrupt passions; and their mouth utters hyperbolically pompous expressions, pretending high personal admiration, in order to make their advantage.

And the lust

Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time:

And the pride

And the merchants of the earth wept and wailed over her: because no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

Is not

This is not the wisdom which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical.

General references

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it, and it produced no fruit.

So then, every one of you who will not part with all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.