For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
the lust of the flesh: "Lust" is epithumia, "a craving, a passionate desire" (Wuest, I John 127). It means to have one’s heart set upon something, whether good or bad. Here it suggests evil cravings. "Flesh" does not refer merely to the body of flesh but rather to the lower nature of man that tends to live purely on a human plane. It has to do with the animal nature of man that seems to be the seat of sin (Galatians 5:16-24; 2 Peter 2:18; Ephesians 2:3). Vincent defines this word: "Sensual appetite. The desire which resides in the flesh, not the desire for the flesh" (336). "The lust of the flesh" is simply the pampering of the appetites or the satisfying of animal propensities (Thayer 570). The evil cravings of the flesh lead one to engage in the "works of the flesh" (Galatians 5:19-21).