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

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—that we may bear fruit for God.

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

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

Therefore, do not become their partners.

and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

The lusts

But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant;
there they have betrayed Me.

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

The will

For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, that person is My brother and sister and mother.”

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.

For through the law I have died to the law, so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.

Give thanks in everything,
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever.

Amen.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.

General references

The priest will burn them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord; it is a restitution offering.

But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.”

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

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