2 Peter 1:4

Greeting

³ His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. ⁴ Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires. ⁵ For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

Desires of the Flesh

In the World

Of the Flesh

Hebrews 12:10

For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

2 Peter 2:18-20

By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

John 1:12-13

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

2 Corinthians 6:17-1

Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

Ephesians 4:23-24

to be renewed in your mental attitude,

Ezekiel 36:25-27

I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."

Romans 9:4

who are Israelis. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all God's promises are "Yes" in him. And so through him we can say "Amen," to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 3:18

As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are becoming more like him with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.

Galatians 3:16

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It doesn't say "descendants," referring to many, but "your descendant," referring to one person, who is the Messiah.

Galatians 6:8

The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.

Colossians 3:10

and have clothed yourselves with the new nature, which is being renewed in full knowledge, consistent with the image of the one who created it.

Hebrews 8:6-12

However, Jesus has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.

Hebrews 9:15

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

James 4:1-3

Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

1 Peter 4:2-3

so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.

2 Peter 1:1

From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

1 John 2:15-16

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

1 John 2:25

The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.