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 get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Therefore do not be partakers with them,

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

The lusts

At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

The will

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

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

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

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

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

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

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

General references

Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a gift to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.

But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.

You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today."

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.