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1 Corinthians 7:2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Ephesians 5:5
For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Feeling or emotion. Mention is made of "vile affections" (
Romans 1:26) and "inordinate affection" (
Colossians 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (
Colossians 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (
Ezek. 33:32).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
2. (n.) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
3. (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
4. (n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
5. (n.) Prejudice; bias.
6. (n.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
7. (n.) The lively representation of any emotion.
8. (n.) Affectation.
9. (n.) Passion; violent emotion.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
AFFECT; AFFECTIONa-fekt', a-fek'-shun: The literal meaning of "affect" is to act upon (Latin ad, "to," "upon," facio, "to do"). It has various shades of meaning, and occurs in the following senses in the English Bible:
(1) In its literal sense: Lamentations 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth my soul"
(2) In the sense of "to endeavor after," "desire," "court": Galatians 4:17, "They zealously affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") you. that ye may affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") them," i.e. they earnestly court your favor, that you may court theirs. Paul means that the proselytizing zeal of the Judaizers was rooted in personal ambition. The past part. "affected" (the Revised Version (British and American) "sought") has the same meaning in Galatians 4:18. The same Greek word (zeloo) is translated "desire earnestly" in the Revised Version (British and American) (1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 14:1, 39). "Affect" has a similar meaning in Ecclesiasticus 13:11.
(3) In the passive, it occurs in the sense of "to be disposed," in a neutral sense, with an adverb to characterize the nature of the disposition: Acts 14:2, "evil affected against the brethren" So also 2 Maccabees 4:21; 13:26.
"Affection" occurs in the following senses:
(1) In the literal sense: the state of having one's feelings acted upon or affected in some way; bent or disposition of mind, in a neutral sense (the nature of the affection, whether good or bad, needing further description in the context). So Colossians 3:2, "Set your affection (the Revised Version (British and American) "mind") on things above"; Colossians 3:5, "inordinate affection" (here "affection" by itself is neutral; the addition of the adjective makes it equivalent to "passion" in an evil sense, as in the Revised Version (British and American)).
(2) In a good sense: tender feeling, warm attachment, good will; the word in itself carrying a good meaning apart from the context. 1 Chronicles 29:3, "because I have set my affection on the house of my God"; Romans 1:31 2 Timothy 3:3, "without natural affection", 2 Corinthians 6:12 "Ye are straitened in your own affections" (lit. "bowels," regarded as the seat of kindly feelings, compare Eng "heart") So 2 Corinthians 7:15.
(3) In an evil sense in the plural = passions. Galatians 5:24, the flesh, with the affections (the Revised Version (British and American) "passions") and "lusts"; Romans 1:26, "God gave them unto vile affections" (the Revised Version (British and American) "passions").
"Affectioned" occurs once, in a neutral sense: Romans 12:10, "affectioned (i.e. "disposed") one to another" In 1 Thessalonians 2:8, we have "affectionately," in a good sense.
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Greek
794. astorgos -- without natural affection ... without natural
affection. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: astorgos Phonetic
Spelling: (as'-tor-gos) Short Definition: unloving, devoid of
affection ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/794.htm - 6k5384. philos -- beloved, dear, friendly
... 5384 -- a friend; someone loved (prized) in a personal, intimate way; a
trusted , held dear in a close bond of personal affection. ...
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4698. splagchnon -- the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.) ...
... the emotions NASB Word Usage affection (3), affections (1), heart (4), hearts (1),
intestines (1), tender (1). bowels, inward affection, tender mercy. ...
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5360. philadelphia -- the love of brothers, brotherly love
... brethren. 5360 (from 5384 , "loving friend" and 80 , "a brother") -- properly,
affection for the (fellow-believers). Word Origin ...
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3655b. homeiromai -- to desire earnestly
... 3655a, 3655b. homeiromai. 3656 . to desire earnestly. Transliteration:
homeiromai Short Definition: affection. Word Origin of uncertain ...
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5387. philostorgos -- tenderly loving
... 5387 (" love, shown by ") is that special affection shared between members
of -- people (divinely adopted) and serving the () ! ...
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5370. philema -- a kiss
... 5370 (from 5368 , "share warm affection") -- a to show respect or affection
between friends -- ie people sharing a deep (common) bond. ...
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5373. philia -- friendship
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: philia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: friendship Definition: friendship, affection, fondness, love ...
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3806. pathos -- that which befalls one, a passion, a suffering
... Word Origin from pascho Definition that which befalls one, a passion, a suffering
NASB Word Usage passion (2), passions (1). inordinate affection, lust. ...
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5368. phileo -- to love
... Transliteration: phileo Phonetic Spelling: (fil-eh'-o) Short Definition: I love,
kiss Definition: I love (of friendship), regard with affection, cherish; I kiss ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5689. agab -- to have inordinate affection, lust... 5688, 5689. agab. 5690 . to have inordinate
affection, lust. Transliteration:
agab Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gab') Short Definition: lusted. Word Origin a prim
... /hebrew/5689.htm - 6k 7521. ratsah -- to be pleased with, accept favorably
... be acceptable, accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with. A primitive
root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a ...
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158. ahab -- love (noun)
... 1). lover. From 'ahab; affection (in a good or a bad sense) -- love(-r). see
HEBREW 'ahab. 157, 158. ahab. 159 . Strong's Numbers.
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2836a. chashaq -- to be attached to, love
... root Definition to be attached to, love NASB Word Usage have a desire (1), kept
(1), longs (1), loved (1), pleased* (2), set his affection (1), set his love (1 ...
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4261. machmad -- desire, desirable thing
... From chamad; delightful; hence, a delight, ie Object of affection or desire -- beloved,
desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing). see HEBREW chamad. ...
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3033. yediduth -- love
... dearly beloved. From ydiyd; properly, affection; concretely, a darling object --
dearly beloved. see HEBREW ydiyd. 3032, 3033. yediduth. 3034 . ...
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157. aheb -- to love
... beloved like, friend. Or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for
(sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. 156, 157. ...
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2245. chabab -- to love
... love. A primitive root (compare chaba', chabah); properly, to hide (as in the bosom),
ie To cherish (with affection) -- love. see HEBREW chaba'. ...
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Library
And Yet, by Reason of that Affection of the Human Heart...
... 9. And yet, by reason of that affection of the human heart? 9. And yet,
by reason of that affection of the human heart, whereby ...
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This Affection the Martyrs of Christ Contending for the Truth did ...
... 10. This affection the Martyrs of Christ contending for the truth did overcome?
10. This affection the Martyrs of Christ contending ...
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I Mean by Charity that Affection of the Mind which Aims at the ...
... Book 3 Chapter 16. I mean by charity that affection of the mind which aims
at the enjoyment? 16. I mean by charity that affection ...
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Family Affection from Religious Principles.
... 928. " Family Affection from Religious Principles. 928. SM Watts. Family
Affection from Religious Principles. 1 How pleasing, Lord! ...
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Clement's Affection for Peter.
... Book VII. Chapter V."Clement's Affection for Peter. Then I:answered: "Think
not, my lord, that I suffer these things unreasonably ...
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The Flesh, Carnal Affection.
... Book I. Chapter 35 [XXXI.]"The Flesh, Carnal Affection. But we have in the
apostle's own language, a little before, a sufficiently ...
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That Charity and Brotherly Affection are to be Religiously and ...
... Third Book. 3. That charity and brotherly affection are to be religiously and
stedfastly practised. In Malachi: "Hath not one God created us? ...
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How that a Man's Affection is Marvelously Changed in Ghostly ...
... HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER How that a man's affection is marvelously
changed in ghostly feeling of this nought, when it is nowhere wrought. ...
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The Following Letter is Added as a Specimen, Out of a Very Large ...
... The following letter is added as a specimen, out of a very large number, of the
natural, almost playful style, and tone of warm affection, in which Chrysostom ...
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God is the Chief Good, whom we are to Seek after with Supreme ...
... Of the Morals of the Catholic Church. Chapter 8. "God is the Chief Good,
Whom We are to Seek After with Supreme Affection. 13. ...
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Thesaurus
Affection (30 Occurrences)... Mention is made of "vile affections" (Romans 1:26) and "inordinate
affection"
(Colossians 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above
.../a/affection.htm - 20kAffect (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To love; to regard with affection. ... 9. (vt) To assign; to appoint. 10.
(n.) Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. Int. ...
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Tend (24 Occurrences)
... breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more
than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you ...
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Brotherly (8 Occurrences)
... man. Brotherhood is first known as the relation between sons of the same
parent, a relation of tender affection and benevolence. ...
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Passions (26 Occurrences)
... and American) "passion" in this sense is the translation of pathos, in its three
occurrences: Romans 1:26 (the King James Version "affection"); Colossians 3:5 ...
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Kiss (39 Occurrences)
... Of affection (Genesis 27:26, 27; 29:13; Luke 7:38, 45); reconciliation (Genesis
33:4; 2 Samuel 14:33); leave-taking (Genesis 31:28, 55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Samuel 19 ...
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Friendship (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person,
or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will ...
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Friend (139 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and
affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a well-wisher; an intimate ...
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Passion (82 Occurrences)
... and American) "passion" in this sense is the translation of pathos, in its three
occurrences: Romans 1:26 (the King James Version "affection"); Colossians 3:5 ...
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Feed (117 Occurrences)
... breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more
than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you ...
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