1 Peter 4:2-3

so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2 Peter 1:8

for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:12

These men are spots in love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. They are clouds without water, carried about of winds: withered autumnal trees without fruit; twice dead; rooted out;

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Summary

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

And the lusts

Unfruitful

Bible References

And the lusts

1 Peter 4:2
so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Unfruitful

2 Peter 1:8
for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:12
These men are spots in love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. They are clouds without water, carried about of winds: withered autumnal trees without fruit; twice dead; rooted out;