Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Ephesians 2:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind [our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings]. We were then by nature children of [God's] wrath and heirs of [His] indignation, like the rest of mankind. American Standard Version (1901) among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— Common English Bible At one time you were like those persons. All of you used to do whatever felt good and whatever you thought you wanted so that you were children headed for punishment just like everyone else. Catholic Public Domain Version And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: |
Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness , of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
As you once disobeyed God but now have received mercy through their disobedience,
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.
So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, shall we be saved through him from wrath.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?
So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin’s power, , so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.
in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
to take off , your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds, as expressed in your evil actions.
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
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.
Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.