Thematic Bible: Affections

Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. Verse Concepts

Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them. Verse Concepts

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires, Verse Concepts

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them. Verse Concepts

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error; Verse Concepts

But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh. Verse Concepts

But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods. Verse Concepts

For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life. Verse Concepts

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires. Verse Concepts

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval. Verse Concepts

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods; Verse Concepts

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God; Verse Concepts

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight. Verse Concepts

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour; Verse Concepts

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all. For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true. And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour. read more.
It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us. Verse Concepts

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise. But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold. Verse Concepts

Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me. Verse Concepts

But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love. Verse Concepts

Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins. Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves. And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up. Verse Concepts

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple. Verse Concepts

How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house; Verse Concepts

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory. Verse Concepts

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness. More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times. Verse Concepts

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day. Verse Concepts

How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! Verse Concepts

My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it. Verse Concepts

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy: Verse Concepts

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, Verse Concepts

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places: Verse Concepts

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me. Verse Concepts

My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words. Verse Concepts

But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you. Verse Concepts

Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God. Verse Concepts

Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth. Verse Concepts

I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching. Verse Concepts

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me. Verse Concepts

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. Verse Concepts

And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Verse Concepts

And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Verse Concepts

So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse Concepts

Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin. Verse Concepts

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires. Verse Concepts

If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart. Verse Concepts

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings? Verse Concepts