Bible verses about "passion" | Moffatt

⁹ Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!

² I pray you to give me the utter joy of knowing you are living in harmony, with the same feelings of love, with one heart and soul,

⁵ So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

¹⁷ all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth. ¹⁸ It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures. ¹⁹ Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry — ²⁰ for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize. ²⁵ Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading. ²⁶ Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air — ²⁷ no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

¹⁰ Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another; ¹¹ never let your zeal flag; maintain the spiritual glow; serve the Lord;

²¹ For where your treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.

³¹ So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, let it be all done for the glory of God.

²⁴ Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions.

²³ Whatever be your task, work at it heartily, as servants of the Lord and not of men;