James 4:1

James Moffatt - New Testament

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Cross References

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

Galatians 5:17

For the passion of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the passion of the Spirit against the flesh — the two are at issue, so that you are not free to do as you please.

Romans 7:23

but then I find quite another law in my members which conflicts with the law of my mind and makes me a prisoner to sin's law that resides in my members.

Romans 8:7

For the interests of the flesh are hostile to God; they do not yield to the law of God (indeed they cannot).

James 1:14

Everyone is tempted as he is beguiled and allured by his own desire;

1 Peter 1:14

Be obedient children, instead of moulding yourselves to the passions that once ruled the days of your ignorance;

Colossians 3:5

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

2 Peter 3:3

To begin with, you know that mockers will come with their mockeries in the last days, men who go by their own passions,

James 4:3

you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.

2 Peter 2:18

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct —

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.

Romans 7:5

For when we were unspiritual, the sinful cravings excited by the Law were active in our members and made us fruitful to Death;

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Timothy 2:23

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.