1 Peter 4:2

Free Bible Version

You will not live the rest of your lives following human desires, but doing what God wants.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

Teach me your will for you are my God. May your spirit of goodness lead me and make my way smooth.

Hosea 6:7

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement; there you were unfaithful to me.

Matthew 12:50

For those who do the will of my heavenly Father, they are my brother, sister, and mother!”

Matthew 20:4

‘Go and work in the vineyard too, and I'll pay you what's right,’ he told them.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two sons did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. “I tell you the truth: tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you,” Jesus told them.

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does what God wants, they are my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Mark 7:21

It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

John 1:13

These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, but born of God.

John 7:17

Anyone who chooses to follow what God wants will know if my teaching comes from God or if I'm only speaking for myself.

Romans 12:2

Don't follow the ways of this world; instead be transformed by the spiritual renewal of your mind so you can demonstrate what God's will really is—good, pleasing, and perfect.

Romans 14:7

None of us live for ourselves, or die for ourselves.

Romans 6:11

In just the same way you should consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God through Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:2

Of course not! Since we're already dead to sin, how can we continue to live in sin?

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my friends, you've become dead to the law through the body of Christ, and so now you belong to someone else—Christ, who was raised from the dead so that we could live productive lives for God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

Christ died for everyone so that they shouldn't live any longer for themselves, but for him who died and rose again for them.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.

Ephesians 4:17

So let me say this to you—in fact I insist on it in the Lord—that you should no longer live like the foreigners do, in their empty-headed way.

Ephesians 5:17

So don't be ignorant—find out what the Lord's will is.

Ephesians 6:6

Don't just work well when you're being watched to gain approval, but work like servants of Christ, honestly doing God's will,

Colossians 1:9

Because of this we haven't stopped praying for you from the time we heard about you, asking God to give you understanding of what he wants you to do and to give you every kind of spiritual wisdom and understanding.

Colossians 3:3

You died, and your life is kept safe with Christ in God.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He's always passionate in his prayers on your behalf, praying that you'll stand firm as grown-up Christians, totally convinced about everything as God would want.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

be thankful in every situation—because this is what God in Christ Jesus wants you to do.

Hebrews 13:21

may he provide you with all that is good so you can do his will. May he work in us, doing everything that pleases him, through Jesus Christ—glory to him forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:18

He chose to give us new life through the word of truth, so that out of all his creation we would be very special to him.

1 Peter 1:14

Live like children who do what they're told. Don't allow yourselves to be shaped by your former sinful desires when you didn't know any better.

1 Peter 2:1

So give up all the evil things that you do: all your dishonesty, hypocrisy, and jealousy, all the ways you speak badly about others.

1 John 2:17

The world and its evil desires are coming to an end, but those who do the will of God will live forever.