Ephesians 2:3

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At one time we all lived among those things. We followed our wrong desires and thoughts, and we tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. God was angry with us, as he was with everyone else, because of the kind of people we all were.

Cross References

Titus 3:3

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived, and controlled by all kinds of wrong desires and pleasures. We were hostile and envious. Other people hated us, and we hated them.

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, don’t give in to the wrong desires you had when you didn’t know any better.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught not to live the way you used to, but to get rid of that old way of life, which was corrupted by its deceptive desires.

Romans 13:14

Instead, develop the qualities of the Lord Jesus Christ in your life, and don’t think about how to satisfy any wrong desires.

Romans 6:12

So don’t let sin rule over your mortal body and make you follow its wrong desires.

1 John 2:16

Here’s what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their wrong desires want. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.

Ephesians 2:2

You were following the ways of this world and serving the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. That’s the spirit who’s still at work in those who aren’t obeying God.

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s wishes. From the beginning, the devil has been a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth because there’s no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, since we have these promises from God, let’s purify ourselves from everything that could make our bodies and spirits impure. Let’s be completely holy, to honor God.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who thinks you’re different from anyone else? What do you have that wasn’t given to you? And if it was given to you, why do you brag as though it came from you?

Romans 7:18

I know there’s nothing good in my desires that are controlled by sin. I want to do what’s good, but I can’t.

Mark 4:19

but then the worries of this life, the false promises of wealth, and the desire for other things crowd out the message and keep it from producing fruit.

Romans 11:30

At one time you weren’t obeying God, but now you have received mercy because Israel didn’t obey.

Romans 9:22

What if God had chosen to show his anger and demonstrate his power, but he was still very patient with the people who were prepared to be destroyed?

John 1:13

not children born to human parents, or because of human choice or a husband’s wishes, but born of God.

2 Peter 2:18

They speak empty, bragging words. By appealing to lust and desire, they tempt new believers who are just escaping from others who are living wrong.

2 Peter 2:14

They stare at women who are not their wives and want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap people who aren’t firm in their faith. They’re experts in being greedy. But they’re under a curse.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to get rich are tempted, and they fall into a trap. They start to have many foolish and harmful desires that drag them down into ruin and destruction.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised could be given through faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.

Romans 1:24

So God allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted. He let them commit sexual sins, and they made one another’s bodies impure by what they did.

1 John 2:8

But in a sense, I am writing you a new command. Its truth was shown in the way Jesus lived, and it’s also shown in the way you’re living. That’s because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

Acts 14:16

In the past, he let all nations go their own way.

Romans 2:14

The Gentiles don’t have the law, but sometimes they naturally do what the law requires. When that happens, they’re being a law for themselves, even though they don’t have the law.

Romans 5:9

All the more so, having already been shown by his blood to be in the right, we will be saved from wrath through him.

Romans 5:10

Once we were God’s enemies, but we were brought back to him through the death of his Son. And now that God has brought us back, how much more will we be saved through the life of his Son!

Colossians 1:21

At one time you were separated from God. In your minds, you were his enemies, because of your wrong ways.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do because they don’t have any hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So let’s not be like the others, who are asleep. Instead, let’s be wide awake and sober.