Ephesians 2:3

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Ephesians 2:3

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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

What then? Are we better than others? By no means! For we have already brought a charge both against Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

We are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the gentiles;

but the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the blessing promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

For sufficient is the time past to have wrought the will of the gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, carousings, and abominable idolatries;

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

In times

This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

who in the ages past suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways;

The times indeed of ignorance God overlooked; but now commandeth all men every where to repent;

For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him, and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shineth.

In the

that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,

but the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Ye are of your father the Devil, and what your father desireth ye are ready to do. He was a murderer from the beginning; and he abideth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Wherefore God also gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to debase their bodies with one another;

Let not then sin reign in your mortal body, bringing you into subjection to its lusts,

but clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and think not about satisfying the lusts of the flesh.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

that ye may no longer live the remaining time in the flesh after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they allure in the lusts of the flesh, by dissolute ways, such as were in some measure escaping from those who live in error;

because 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.

These are murmurers, complaining of their lot, walking according to their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words; admiring mens persons, for the sake of profit.

Fulfilling

Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it doth not submit itself to the Law of God, neither indeed can it.

Having then these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such as fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,

Desires

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

By

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, fornications,

And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [death] came through unto all men, because all sinned

For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing; for to desire is present with me, but not to perform that which is good.

We are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the gentiles;

Even

What then? Are we better than others? By no means! For we have already brought a charge both against Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

General references

We love, because he first loved us.