Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it?
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TSK · James 4:1
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For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther,
For when we were in the fleshe, the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members, to bring forth fruite vnto death.
Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be.
Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euyll concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is worshippyng of images:
For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.
But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence.
Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.
Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:
For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym.