love and jealousy
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4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
18Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, 20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
28But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
22So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
17You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”
6Everyone who abides in him does not sin. For whoever sins has not seen him, and has not known him.
14But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth. 15For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical. 16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
30The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
34For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,