Like obedient children, do not comply with ¹  the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, ² 

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

But do not accept younger widows on the list, ¹  because their passions may lead them away from Christ ²  and they will desire to marry,

For some of these insinuate themselves ¹  into households and captivate weak women ²  who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

Where do the conflicts and where ¹  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ²  from your passions that battle inside you? ³ 

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains ¹  forever.

For there will be a time when people ¹  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ²  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ³ 

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; ¹  he does not let anything he desires ²  escape. ³ 

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; ¹  they did what seemed right to them. ² 

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹  for meat; ²  they challenged God ³  in the desert.

He satisfies the desire ¹  of his loyal followers; ²  he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

The appetite ¹  of the sluggard ²  craves ³  but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. ⁴ 

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside ¹  the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: ¹  sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, ²  evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

It trains us ¹  to reject godless ways ²  and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Above all, understand this: ¹  In the last days blatant scoffers ²  will come, being propelled by their own evil urges ³ 

These people are grumblers and ¹  fault-finders who go ²  wherever their desires lead them, ³  and they give bombastic speeches, ⁴  enchanting folks ⁵  for their own gain. ⁶ 

For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ¹  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ² 

What the sluggard desires ¹  will kill him, ²  for his hands ³  refuse to work.

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my beloved’s, and he desires me! ¹