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

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

Brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

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

This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).

Do not be partakers with them.

You once walked in these when you lived in them.

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

The lusts

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

The will

It is God's will that you do the right things and that this will silence the ignorance of foolish men.

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

Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. He who does the will of my Father in heaven will enter.

For everyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Which of the two pleased his father? They replied: The first. Jesus said to them: I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.

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

They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.

If any man does his will he shall know the teachings. He will know if it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

Consider yourselves to be dead with reference to sin, but alive with reference to God through Christ Jesus.

Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

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

I, through the law, died to the law that I might live to (for) God.

Do not be foolish, but understand (perceive) what the will of Jehovah is.

This should not be in the way of eye service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from a complete heart;

Since the day we heard about you, we have not ceased to pray and make request for you. We pray for you to be filled with the [intimate accurate] knowledge (discernment) (recognition) of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (Philippians 1:9) (John 17:3)

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

make you perfect (mature) in every good thing. May you do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

The world and its desires (lusts) are passing away; but he who does the will of God lives forever.

General references

The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to Jehovah.

If it remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar left from the boil. The priest will pronounce you ritually clean.

Obey Jehovah your God, and do his commandments and his statutes which I command you today.

Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will be at home in the fertile field.

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