The word ???????? signifies 'to desire earnestly,' and is often translated 'desire,' without the thought of the desire being an evil one, as in Mt 13:17; 1Ti 3:1; 1Pe 1:12, etc. The English word 'lust' was anciently not always used in a bad sense, as it now is: see De 12:15; Ga 5:17.
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
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