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 tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

Now this took place as a warning for us, to keep us from craving for evil as they craved.

For the passion of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the passion of the Spirit against the flesh ??the two are at issue, so that you are not free to do as you please.

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.

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.

Be obedient children, instead of moulding yourselves to the passions that once ruled the days of your ignorance;

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

For these people are murmurers, grumbling at their lot in life ??they fall in with their own passions, their talk is arrogant, they pay court to men to benefit themselves.

And the lust

Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur;

Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant;

And the pride

And the traders of earth shall weep and wail over her; for now there is none to buy their freights,

Is not

That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish;

General references

Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:

some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so it bore no crop;

So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.