βίος

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.