1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 6:2The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.
Numbers 11:34And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted. And departing from the graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, and abode there.
Esther 1:3Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his sight,
Psalms 73:6dummy verses inserted by amos
Psalms 78:30they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth:
Proverbs 6:25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:13-18
Against the Love of the World. ( a. d. 80.) 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the… Read the whole commentary →