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Discover the meaning of Inordinate in the Bible. Study the definition of Inordinate with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
The word rendered “inordinate affection” is the general word for “passion” ( pathos). It is found united to “concupiscence” in 1Thessalonians 4:5, “the lust of concupiscence.” Both words here are general words, denoting the condition of soul, of which “fornication” and “covetousness” are both exemplifications.
Third, Paul mentions "passion," also translated as "lust, or inordinate affection." These are inappropriate cravings which distract us from the things above, and lead us to commit the sins of immorality and impurity.
Inordinate affection is not a term that is widely used in our vocabulary. Nevertheless, it is a term that God uses to highlight an unbalance, “over the top” affection or love we might have for anything or person, that we give first place to before Him.
Irregular; disorderly; excessive; immoderate; not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; as an inordinate love of the world; inordinate desire of fame. inordinately. INOR'DINATELY, adv. Irregularly; excessively; immoderately. inordinateness. INOR'DINATENESS, n.
Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. INORDINATE. in-or'-di-nat ("ill-regulated," hence, "immoderate," "excessive"; Latin in, "not," ordinatus, "set in order"): Only twice in the King James Version.
Colossians 3:5-25. King James Version. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
