Let us live decently, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and lust, not in quarreling and envy. Truth to Learn Our words and deeds should show forth the light of Christ. Behind the Words The word “live” is from peripateō, which literally...
Romans 1:27 – Wicked Sinfulness
And in the same way also the males, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, males with males committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. Truth to Learn God says homosexuality is shameful, indecent,...
2 Peter 2:10 – Selfish or Submitted?
And most of all those going after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, despising authority, presumptuous, self-willed, not afraid to slander glorious beings. Truth to Learn Some false teachers only care about their own desires. Behind the Words The words “lust of uncleanness” are translated from the Greek...
1 Thessalonians 4:5 – Uncontrolled Desires?
not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; Truth to Learn Uncontrolled passion is bad for a marriage and Christian faith. Behind the Words The word translated “passion” is pathos, which is derived from the verb paschō, meaning “to suffer.” In general usage it...
James 4:2 – Fighting from Desire
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and are not able to obtain. You fight and battle. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. Truth to Learn Our own selfish desire to have is the reason why we fight. Behind the Words The word...
1 Thessalonians 4:5 – Uncontrolled Desires?
not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; Truth to Learn Uncontrolled passion is bad for a marriage and Christian faith. Behind the Words The word translated “passion” is pathos, which is derived from the verb paschō, meaning “to suffer.” In general usage it refers...
2 Peter 2:10 – Selfish or Submitted?
2 Peter 2:10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; Truth to Learn Some false teachers only care about their own desires. Behind the Words The words...
1 Peter 4:2 – Stop That Lust
1 Peter 4:2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. Truth to Learn He suffered and died for us, let us suffer and live for Him. Behind the Words In the previous...