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BIBLE DICTIONARY

Affection

Feeling or emotion. Mention is made of “vile affections” (Rom. 1:26) and “inordinate affection” (Col. 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col. 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (Ezek. 33:32).

Scripture references

Romans 1:26Colossians 3:5Colossians 3:2Ezekiel 33:32

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.