Ephesians 2:3
We all lived among them at one time in the cravings of our flesh, indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
Cross References
Psalm 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Romans 2:14
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the Law, do by nature what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law,

Romans 5:9
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Galatians 2:15
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile 'sinners'

Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 2:2
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds.

1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not from the Father but from the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

we.

Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 64:6, 7
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. . . .

Daniel 9:5-9
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. . . .

Romans 3:9-19
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, . . .

Galatians 2:15, 16
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile 'sinners' . . .

Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the pagans: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. . . .

in times.

Ephesians 4:17-19
So I tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord: You must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. . . .

Acts 14:16
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

Acts 17:30, 31
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all men everywhere to repent. . . .

Romans 11:30
Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 John 2:8
Then again, I am also writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

in the.

Ephesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Mark 4:19
but the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin control your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16-24
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. . . .

1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

James 4:1-3
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don't they come from the passions at war within you? . . .

1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

1 Peter 4:2
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not from the Father but from the world.

Jude 1:16-18
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage. . . .

fulfilling.

Romans 8:7, 8
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God's Law, nor can it do so. . . .

2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Galatians 5:19-21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; . . .

desires.

John 1:13
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

by.

Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

Genesis 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Job 14:4
Who can bring clean out of unclean? No one!

Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? . . .

Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Mark 7:21, 22
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, . . .

John 3:1-6
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. . . .

Romans 5:12-19
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. . . .

Romans 7:18
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Galatians 2:15, 16
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile 'sinners' . . .

children.

Ephesians 2:2
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

even.

Romans 3:9, 22, 23
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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