32 Bible Verses about Passion
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But those belonging to Christ Jesus have crucified carnality with the passions and lusts.
For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
but if they do not contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.
On account of this God gave them up to the lusts of dishonor: for indeed their women changed the natural use to that which is against nature:
teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age;
Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months;
not in the passion of lust, as indeed the Gentiles who do not know God;
And all were astonished at the majesty of God.And all being astonished at all things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,
But if any one considers that he is acting indiscreetly towards his virgin, if she may be marriageable, and thus it ought so to be, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let them marry.
Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?
who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
that each one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.
likewise also the men, having left the natural use of the woman, burned in their desire towards one another; men with men working out disgrace, and receiving the reward of their error among themselves which it behooved.
And His disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house doth eat me up.
To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:
But fly from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, divine love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a clean heart.
And another second angel followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nation to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of like suffering with you, preaching the gospel to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who created the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:
For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;
Therefore kill your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:
that they said to you, At the last time there will be mockers, walking according to their own lusts after ungodly things.
And Peter taking Him to him, began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord; because this shall not be unto thee.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
and especially those going after the flesh in the lust of pollution, and despising lordship. Audacious darers, blaspheming, they do not tremble at glories;
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Colossians 3:5Therefore kill your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;