Definition on Desire

The World’s Perspective Is…Desirable

First. John cautioned that the world system is desirable.  The word lust (used in 1 John 2:16) literally means “desire.”  When we hear the word lust today, we usually think of its sexual implications, but this word in the Greek New Testament isn’t limited to that meaning.  It includes desires of all kinds.  You can put the word desire in the place of lust in this verse: the desires of the flesh, and the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life.  Or pleasure, possessions, and popularity.

David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p. 102