Topic
Lusting
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but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you. — read the full passage →
to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →
These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee: — read the full passage →
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother. — read the full passage →
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