1 Peter 4:2

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Summary

1 Peter 4:2

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

No

Titus 3:3

The lusts

Hosea 6:7

Ephesians 2:3

The will

General references

Romans 14:7

Bible References

No

Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.

For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.

Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.

So do not be partners with them.

You used to behave like them as you lived among them.

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

The lusts

"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me.

Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.

The will

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one."

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.

Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.

He died for all people, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose for them.

For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God.

In everything be thankful, because this is God's will for you in the Messiah Jesus.

equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.

General references

Then the priest is to offer them on the altar, incinerating them with fire as a guilt offering to the LORD.

If the scab remains in place and doesn't spread, then it's the scab from the boil. The priest is to declare him clean."

Listen to his voice and carry out his commands and statutes that I'm giving you today."

"Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.