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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesho, and the lust of thep eyes, and the prideq of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.*

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2 Peter 2:10• ¹⁰and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities: (2 Peter 2:10)

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Psa. 119:37• ³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. (Psa. 119:37)

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Psa. 73:6• ⁶Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment; (Psa. 73:6)

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the lust of the flesh.

Num. 11:4,34• ⁴And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
³⁴And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted. (Num. 11:4,34)

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Psa. 78:18,30• ¹⁸And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
³⁰They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths, (Psa. 78:18,30)

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Prov. 6:25• ²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)

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Matt. 5:28• ²⁸But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)

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Rom. 13:14• ¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts. (Rom. 13:14)

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1 Cor. 10:6• ⁶But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted. (1 Cor. 10:6)

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Gal. 5:17,24• ¹⁷For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
²⁴But they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts. (Gal. 5:17,24)

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Eph. 2:3• ³among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest: (Eph. 2:3)

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Titus 2:12• ¹²teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, (Titus 2:12)

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Titus 3:3• ³For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:3)

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1 Peter 1:14• ¹⁴as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance; (1 Peter 1:14)

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)

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1 Peter 4:2‑3• ²no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.
³For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. (1 Peter 4:2‑3)

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1 Peter 4:2‑3• ²no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.
³For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. (1 Peter 4:2‑3)

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2 Peter 2:10,18• ¹⁰and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
¹⁸For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error, (2 Peter 2:10,18)

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Jude 16‑18• ¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
¹⁷But *ye*, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
¹⁸that they said to you, that at the end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses. (Jude 16‑18)

and the lust.

Gen. 3:6• ⁶And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. (Gen. 3:6)

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Gen. 6:2• ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)

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Josh. 7:21• ²¹I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (Josh. 7:21)

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Job 31:1• ¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? (Job 31:1)

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Psa. 119:36‑37• ³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. (Psa. 119:36‑37)

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Eccl. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
¹¹When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding of them with his eyes? (Eccl. 5:10‑11)

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Matt. 4:8• ⁸Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, (Matt. 4:8)

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Luke 4:5• ⁵And the devil, leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time. (Luke 4:5)

and the pride.

Esther 1:3‑7• ³in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;
⁴when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
⁵And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
⁶White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
⁷And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty. (Esther 1:3‑7)

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Psa. 73:6• ⁶Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment; (Psa. 73:6)

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Dan. 4:30• ³⁰the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? (Dan. 4:30)

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Rev. 18:11‑17• ¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.
¹⁴And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.
¹⁵The merchants of these things, who had been enriched through her, shall stand afar off through fear of her torment, weeping and grieving,
¹⁶saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!
¹⁷for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off, (Rev. 18:11‑17)

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James 3:15• ¹⁵This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish. (James 3:15)

• The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-these are the things that are in the world and that characterize it. There are really no other motives besides these in the world. Now these things are not of the Father. (“1 John 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

W. Kelly Translation

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because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pridea of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Or, "boasting."