As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself, “I am, and there is no one else.”
For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.