Ephesians 2:3

Weymouth NT

Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.

Cross References

Mark 4:19

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

John 1:13

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

John 8:44

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth–for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Acts 14:16

In times gone by He allowed all the nations to go their own ways;

Romans 1:24

For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity.

Romans 11:30

but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,

Romans 13:14

On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.

Romans 2:14

For when Gentiles who have no Law obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they, without having a Law, are a Law to themselves;

Romans 5:10

For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.

Romans 5:9

If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.

Romans 6:12

Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not.

Romans 9:22

And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,

1 Corinthians 4:7

Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

Ephesians 2:2

which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience–to you God has given Life.

Ephesians 4:22

to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,

Colossians 1:21

And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Now, concerning those who from time to time pass away, we would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, lest you should mourn as others do who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.

1 Timothy 6:9

But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.

Titus 3:3

For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.

1 Peter 1:14

And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,

2 Peter 2:14

Their very eyes are full of adultery–being eyes which never cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. They are fore-doomed to God's curse!

2 Peter 2:18

For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings –every kind of immorality– as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.

1 John 2:16

For the things in the world –the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life– they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.

1 John 2:8

And yet I am giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.