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Noun epithymia (desire) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Mark
| 4: 19 | but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire (epithymia) for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. |
Luke
| 22: 15 | He said to them, "I have desired with desire (epithymia) to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; |
John
| 8: 44 | You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires (epithymia). He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. |
1 John
| 2: 16 | for all that is in the world - the desire (epithymia) of the flesh, the desire (epithymia) of the eyes, the pride in riches - comes not from the Father but from the world. |
| 2: 17 | And the world and its desire (epithymia) are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. |
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