1 Timothy 5:6
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
BSB
ASV
But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
KJV
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
AGAINST JOVINIAN 2.9-10 (420)
It is difficult, or rather impossible, when we are swimming in luxury or pleasure, not to think of what we are doing. And it is an idle pretense which some put forward that they can take their fill of pleasure with their faith and purity and mental uprightness unimpaired. It is a violation of nature to revel in pleasure, and the apostle gives a caution against this very thing when he says, "She that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives." The bodily senses are like horses madly racing, but the soul like a charioteer holds the reins.
But she that liveth in pleasure - Ἡ δε σπαταλωσα· She that liveth delicately - voluptuously indulging herself with dainties; it does not indicate grossly criminal pleasures; but simply means one who indulges herself in good eating and drinking, pampering her body at the expense of her mind. The word is used in reference to what we term petted and spoiled children; and a remarkable passage, is produced by Kypke, from an epistle of Theanus to Eubulus, found in Opusc. Myth.
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Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
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When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds…
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Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
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You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
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Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.