1 Peter 4:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by the will of God.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.

Hosea 6:7

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; in this, they have been dishonest with me.

Matthew 12:50

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

Matthew 20:4

And he said to them, 'You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.'

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them: "Amen I say to you, that tax collectors and prostitutes shall precede you, into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 7:21

Not all who say to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 3:35

For whoever has done the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister and mother."

Mark 7:21

For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

John 1:13

These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 7:17

If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.

Romans 12:2

And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

Romans 14:7

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

Romans 6:11

And so, you should consider yourselves to be certainly dead to sin, and to be living for God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:2

Let it not be so! For how can we who have died to sin still live in sin?

Romans 7:4

And so, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law, through the body of Christ, so that you may be another one who has risen from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And Christ died for all, so that even those who live might not now live for themselves, but for him who died for them and who rose again.

Ephesians 2:3

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

Ephesians 4:17

And so, I say this, and I testify in the Lord: that from now on you should walk, not as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.

Ephesians 6:6

Do not serve only when seen, as if to please men, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Colossians 1:9

Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 3:3

For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you, who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, ever solicitous for you in prayer, so that you may stand, perfect and complete, in the entire will of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:18

For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.

1 Peter 1:14

Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.