feeling or emotion. Mention is made of "vile affections" (Ro 1:26) and "inordinate affection" (Col 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (Eze 33:32).
As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They'll listen to what you have to say, but they won't put it into practice!
For this reason, God delivered them to degrading passions as their females exchanged their natural sexual function for one that is unnatural.
Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.
So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
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