1 Peter 4:2

World English Bible (2000)

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
  • Titus 3:3-8 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
  • Rom 6:11 : 11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 14:7 : 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
  • 2 Cor 5:15 : 15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
  • Mark 7:21 : 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
  • John 1:13 : 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
  • Hos 6:7 : 7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
  • Eph 5:7-8 : 7 Therefore don't be partakers with them. 8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • Col 3:7-8 : 7 You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; 8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
  • Gal 2:19-20 : 19 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
  • 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
  • 1 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. 15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

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    1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

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    14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

  • Rom 6:10-13
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    10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

    11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    12 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

    13 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

    4 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

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  • Eph 4:22-23
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    22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

    23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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    24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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    11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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    12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

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    12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

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    17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

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    16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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    2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

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    5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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    16 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.

    17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

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    15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

    16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

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    2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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    6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

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    19 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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    4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

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    4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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  • Rom 6:19
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    19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

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    23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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    24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

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    17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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    24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

  • Gal 2:19
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    19 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

  • Col 2:20
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    20 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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    5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

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    18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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    4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.