Paixão
A Bíblia nos chama a dominar as paixões e desejos da carne. O cristão é chamado a viver pelo Espírito, crucificando as obras da carne e buscando a santidade em tudo.
Crucificar a carne
Os que são de Cristo crucificaram a carne com suas paixões e concupiscências. O domínio próprio é fruto do Espírito Santo.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the cross their sinful human nature, together with all their sinful passions and desires.
So kill your worldly nature—sexual sin, immorality, lust, evil desires, greedily wanting to have more—this is the worship of idols.
My friends, I’m pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.
in order that each of you may control yourselves in a way that is holy and respectful, not indulging passionate lust like the heathen who have no knowledge of God.
Tudo para a glória de Deus
Quer comamos, quer bebamos, tudo deve ser feito para a glória de Deus. Devemos fugir das paixões que guerreiam contra a alma.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, make sure to do everything to the glory of God.
But if they lack self-control, then they should get married—for it is better to marry than burn with desire.
That’s why God abandoned them to their evil desires. Their women exchanged natural sex for that which is unnatural, and in the same way the men gave up sex with women and burned with lust for each other. Men did indecent things to each other, and as a result they suffered the inevitable consequences of their perversions.
For the time is coming when people won’t bother to listen to true teaching. Instead they will be curious to listen to something different, and will surround themselves with teachers who’ll tell them what they want to hear. They will stop listening to the truth and wander off following myths.
You pray, but don’t receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you’d receive on your selfish pleasures.