1 Peter 4:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

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  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error: 23 To be renued in the spirite of your mynde, 24 And to put on that newe man, which after God is shapen, in righteousnesse & holynesse of trueth.
  • Titus 3:3-8 : 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another. 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared, 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour: 7 That we iustified by his grace, should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe. 8 This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.
  • Rom 6:11 : 11 Lykewyse, recken your selues to be dead to sinne, but alyue vnto God, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
  • Rom 14:7 : 7 For none of vs lyueth to hym selfe, and no man dyeth to hym selfe.
  • 2 Cor 5:15 : 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other:
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For whosoeuer doeth the wyl of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
  • Mark 7:21 : 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther,
  • John 1:13 : 13 Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the wyll of the fleshe, nor yet of the wyll of man, but of God.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teache me to do the thyng that pleaseth thee, for thou art my Lorde: let thy good spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of ryghteousnesse.
  • Hos 6:7 : 7 But euen like as Adam did, so haue they broken my couenaunt, and set me at naught.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.
  • Eph 5:7-8 : 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them. 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng,
  • Col 3:7-8 : 7 In the which ye walked sometyme, when ye lyued in them. 8 But nowe put ye of also all, wrath, fiercenesse, maliciousnesse, blasphemie, filthie comunication out of your mouth.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:
  • Gal 2:19-20 : 19 For I, through the lawe, am dead to the lawe, that I myght lyue vnto God: I am crucified with Christe. 20 Neuerthelesse, I lyue: yet nowe not I, but Christe lyueth in me. And ye lyfe which I nowe liue in the fleshe, I lyue by the faith of the sonne of God, which loued me, and gaue hym selfe for me.
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 Euen so, ye also my brethren, are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe, that ye shoulde be coupled to another, who is raysed from the dead, that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in all good workes to do his wyll, workyng in you that which is pleasaunt in his sight, through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures.
  • 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,
  • 1 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the laude of them that do well. 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the worlde passeth away, and the luste thereof: but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

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  • 1 Pet 4:3-4
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    3For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie.

    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1For as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe, arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the fleshe, ceasseth from sinne:

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes therof.

  • Rom 6:10-13
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    10For as touchyng that he dyed, he dyed concerning sinne once: And as touching that he lyueth, he lyueth vnto God.

    11Lykewyse, recken your selues to be dead to sinne, but alyue vnto God, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.

    12Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie, that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it.

    13Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne: but geue your selues vnto God, as they that are alyue from the dead, and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

    4That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour:

    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

  • Eph 4:22-23
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    22To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error:

    23To be renued in the spirite of your mynde,

  • Gal 5:24
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    24They truely that are Christes, haue crucified the flesshe, with the affections and lustes.

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the fleshe, to lyue after the fleshe.

    13For if ye liue after ye fleshe, ye shall dye: But if ye through the spirite, do mortifie the deedes of the body, ye shall lyue.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:

  • Eph 4:17
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    17This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16Then I say, walke in the spirite, and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe.

    17For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite, and the spirite contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do what ye woulde.

  • Rom 6:2
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    2Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?

  • Col 3:5
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    5Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euyll concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is worshippyng of images:

  • 1 John 2:16-17
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    16For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

    17And the worlde passeth away, and the luste thereof: but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:

  • 2 Cor 5:15-16
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    15And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.

    16Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe: Insomuche, though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe, nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more.

  • Eph 2:3
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    3Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other:

  • Rom 12:2
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    2And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect.

  • Rom 6:6
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    6Knowyng this, that our olde man is crucified with hym also, that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed, that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne.

  • Eph 4:19
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    19Whiche beyng past feelyng, haue geuen the selues ouer vnto wantonnesse, to worke al vncleanenesse with greedynesse.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4No man that warreth, entangleth hym selfe with thaffayres of this lyfe, that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe, myght be fulfylled in vs, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

    5For they that are carnall, are carnally mynded: But they that are spirituall, are spiritually mynded.

  • Rom 6:19
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    19I speake after the maner of men, because of the infirmitie of your fleshe. As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse, vnto holynesse.

  • Col 2:23
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    23Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.

  • Phil 1:24
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    24Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, is more needefull for you.

  • Col 3:7
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    7In the which ye walked sometyme, when ye lyued in them.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie.

    11For we which lyue, are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall flesshe.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse, through the lustes of their owne heartes, to defyle their owne bodies among them selues.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For I, through the lawe, am dead to the lawe, that I myght lyue vnto God: I am crucified with Christe.

  • Col 2:20
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    20Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions,

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh.

  • Titus 3:3
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    3For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the fleshe, the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members, to bring forth fruite vnto death.

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.

  • 2 Cor 5:4
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    4For we that are in this tabernacle sigh, & being burdened because we would not be vnclothed, but would be clothed vpo, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe.