ACC ~ 1 John 2 v16

VEHEMENT LUST. AUGUSTINE: The stronger and more vehement the lust which is not from the Father but from the world, the more each one becomes willing to accept all annoyances and griefs in pursuing the object of his desires. ON PATIENCE 17.

ENSLAVED TO BODILY DESIRES. AUGUSTINE: This love of the world, which contains in itself the universal lust of the world, is the general kind of fornication by which one sins against one’s own body, in that the human mind is unceasingly enslaved to all bodily and visible desires and pleasures, left marooned and abandoned by the very Creator of all things. SERMONS 162.4.

THE PRIDE OF LIFE. HILARY OF ARLES: The lust of the flesh is what pertains to our physical appetites, whereas the lust of the eye and the pride of life are what pertains to the vices of the soul, such as inordinate self-love, which does not come from the Father but from the devil. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

CORRUPTION FADES AWAY. ANDREAS: None of the vain pleasures of corruption will last. They are temporal and will fade away and in fact are flimsier than any cobweb. CATENA.

EVERY WICKEDNESS DESCRIBED. BEDE: Those who love the world have nothing but the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. These few words describe every kind of wickedness which exists. ON 1 JOHN.

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