Ephesians 2:3

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Ephesians 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

We

1 John 1:8

In times

In the

Fulfilling

Romans 8:7

2 Corinthians 7:1

Galatians 5:19

Desires

John 1:13

By

Galatians 2:15

Even

Romans 3:9

1 Corinthians 4:7

General references

1 John 4:19

Bible References

We

Then what? are we the better? By no means: for we have proven already that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? He not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor Sodomites,

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

but the scripture has shut up all things unto sin, in order that the promise through faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those who believe.

For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;

For the past time is sufficient to have wrought the will of the heathens, walking in impurities, in lusts, in wine-drinkings, in revelries, in intemperance, and in unlawful idolatries:

But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

In times

Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind,

who in bygone generations, suffered all nations to walk in their own ways;

Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:

For as you at one time were disobedient to God, but now you have received mercy through their disobedience,

who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy.

Again I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

In the

that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;

and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and desires concerning other things coming into them, choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

You are of your father the devil, and you wish to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there was no truth in him. When he may speak a lie, he speaks of his own: because he is a liar, and the father of the same.

Therefore God gave them up, in the lusts of their hearts, to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves:

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it:

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.

And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.

But those wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown the people in destruction and perdition.

Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?

As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:

Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;

that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.

For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion;

because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

These are querulous grumblers, going forth according to their own lusts; and their mouth speaking swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of gain.

Fulfilling

Therefore the mind of depravity is enmity toward God: for it is not subordinated to the law of God, for it is not able so to be.

Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But the works of carnality are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, debauchery,

Desires

who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

By

For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders,

There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned;

For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

Even

Then what? are we the better? By no means: for we have proven already that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

For who judges you? and what have you which you did not receive. But if indeed you received it, why do you boast, as not having received it?

General references

Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love.