Self Gratification

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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 mankind,

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. — read the full passage →

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: — read the full passage →

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.