«Do not love the world, nor the things in the world... For all that is in the world — the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life — is not from the Father, but is from the world. (relevantmagazine.com)
Stage 1: Hubris born of success — which translates in I John as «the boastful pride of life.» (relevantmagazine.com)
They are blind to the truth, the lust of the eye, pride of life, sin, lewdness, and all its brothers and sisters are the dead life of the unbelieving. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)