Thematic Bible: Indulgence in
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worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A characteristic of the wicked
For the time you have [already] spent in the past [i.e., as Gentile unbelievers] was long enough to have practiced unrestrained, indecent conduct, improper sexual cravings, riotous living, wild parties, drunken orgies and disgusting idol worship.
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So, I tell you this, and insist [on it] by [the authority of] the Lord: Do not continue to live with worthless thoughts as [unconverted] Gentiles do.
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They have stopped caring [i.e., about morality], so God has abandoned them to lives of unrestrained indecency and to engage in all kinds of [moral] impurity, with a constant desire for more.
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treacherous [i.e., betrayers], reckless, conceited, [and] lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
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For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.
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worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
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You people have basked in luxury [here] on earth and lived lives devoted to pleasure. You have fattened yourselves [as sacrificial oxen] for the day of slaughter.
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worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of folly
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of spiritual death
But the widow who devotes herself to unrestrained pleasure is [spiritually] dead, even while still living.
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