Bible Dictionary: Character of the Wicked: Lovers of Pleasure, not of God

Bible > Dictionary > Character of the Wicked

◄ Character of the Wicked: Lovers of Pleasure, not of God ►

Nave's Topical Index

2 Timothy 3:4
Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Nave's Topical Index

Library

"Who Will Rise up with Me against the Wicked?"
... of some to "rise up against the wicked," and join ... from among you any who do not answer
the preceding character. ... this is not all: If you are lovers of mankind ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 52 who will rise.htm

A Preservative against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles ...
... in a word the same with the character of those ... perfection, nor quite so flagitious
[sinful, unlawful, wicked] as to ... in a word, they are self-lovers, the sole ...
/.../a preservative against unsettled notions.htm

Letter vii. --For 335. Easter-Day iv Pharmuthi, iii Kal. April; xx ...
... death, and calling to those who are lovers of pleasure ... 6. Now wicked men hunger for
bread like this ... are adduced in them, to illustrate the character of sinners ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter vii for 335 easter-day iv.htm

Moses' Prayer to be Blotted Out of God's Book.
... obedience would be impossible, and equally to those of every character. ... Awakened
Sinners are not lovers of God ... no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon vii moses prayer to.htm

Scriptural Predictions of an Apostasy.
... may deliberately discard his Christian character and act ... Wicked and designing men
are tolerated and fellowshiped by ... and Protestants have been lovers of their ...
/.../orr/the gospel day /chapter ii scriptural predictions of.htm

The Sons of God
... people of the Lord, under their visible character of believers ... came out from the
midst of a wicked world, and ... of the title, for they might be lovers of strife ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/the sons of god.htm

Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that it was not Right to ...
... while, on the other hand, the wicked shall receive ... to which we must hasten, by becoming
lovers of the ... nor altogether unknown when, assuming the character of man ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter x answer to the objection.htm

part ii
... wretches as are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God ... It is the character of
a hypocrite, to make a ... yet more would be tractable, and the wicked would be ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/part ii.htm

2 Timothy iii. 4-Jan
... Such is the character of deceivers ... Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God ... some
who have done bad actions are quit of them here; and of the wicked, some have ...
/.../homily viii 2 timothy iii.htm

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
... the poor, the needy, the sick, the wicked, the simple ... to the beggar to have servants
and lovers of such honor ... Indeed, your depth of character is measured by the ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/fourth sunday after epiphany.htm