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

Ephesians 2:3

The will

General references

Romans 14:7

Bible References

No

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,

And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.

There is not one of us whose life concerns himself alone, and not one of us whose death concerns himself alone;

This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I say to you and urge upon you: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,

Therefore have nothing to do with such people.

And to which you, like others, once devoted your lives, when you lived for them.

There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.

The lusts

And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.

The will

For God's will is this--that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Which of the two sons did as his father wished?" " The second," they said. "I tell you," added Jesus, "that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

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

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

So let it be with you-regard yourselves as dead to sin, but as living for God, through union with Christ Jesus.

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

And that he died for all, so that the living should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose for them.

I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

Under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.

may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.

And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains for ever.

General references

There is not one of us whose life concerns himself alone, and not one of us whose death concerns himself alone;