Ephesians 5:3. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
So far from ever falling under the power of these evils, do not even name them; count them sins unmentionable to holy cars. In what a position do we find "covetousness" placed, side by side with "fornication end all uncleanness"! In the Epistle to the Colossians, covetousness is called "idolatry", as if the Holy Spirit thought so ill of this sin that line could never put it in worse company than it deserved to be in. Yet I fear it is a very common sin even amongst some who call themselves saints. God deliver us altogether from its sway, and help us to hate the very name of it!
Ephesians 5:3. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
So far from ever falling under the power of these evils, do not even name them; count them sins unmentionable to holy cars. In what a position do we find "covetousness" placed, side by side with "fornication end all uncleanness"! In the Epistle to the Colossians, covetousness is called "idolatry", as if the Holy Spirit thought so ill of this sin that line could never put it in worse company than it deserved to be in. Yet I fear it is a very common sin even amongst some who call themselves saints. God deliver us altogether from its sway, and help us to hate the very name of it!