Thematic Bible: Affections
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Affections » False teachers seek to captivate
Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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They seek you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, so that you may seek them.
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For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, weighed down with sins and swayed by various impulses,
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And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from long ago their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.
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For speaking out arrogant words of vanity, they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
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But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to practice sexual immorality.
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Nevertheless I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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Affections » Carnal, should be mortified
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
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But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry.
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not in the passion of lust like the heathen, who do not know God;
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Affections » Should be set upon the people of God
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in showing honor.
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Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true. And his affection goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. read more.
I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
Having so fond an affection for you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.
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Affections » Should not grow cold
And because wickedness will increase, the love of most will grow cold.
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What has become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
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But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
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Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.
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Affections » Should be set upon the house and worship of God
Affections » Should be set upon the commandments of God
Affections » Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
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and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desire and despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones,
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Affections » Should be zealously engaged for God
But it is always good to seek a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.
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Affections » Of saints, supremely set on God
Affections » Christ claims the first place in
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
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"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Affections » Should be supremely set upon God
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
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Affections » Carnal affections crucified in saints
We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Affections » Should be set upon heavenly things
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things above, not on things that are on earth.
Affections » Blessedness of making God the object of
Affections » Enkindled by communion with Christ
And they said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?"
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Affections » Carnal affections should be mortified
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
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But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry.
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not in the passion of lust like the heathen, who do not know God;
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Affections » Should be set » Upon the commandments of God
Affections » Should be set » Upon the people of God
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in showing honor.
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Having so fond an affection for you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.
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Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true. And his affection goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the house and worship of God
Affections » Should be set » Upon heavenly things
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things above, not on things that are on earth.
Man » Possessed of » Affections
Set your minds on the things above, not on things that are on earth.
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