1 Peter 4:2

Good News Translation

From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

You are my God; teach me to do your will. Be good to me, and guide me on a safe path.

Hosea 6:7

“But as soon as they entered the land at Adam, they broke the covenant I had made with them.

Matthew 12:50

Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother, my sister, and my mother.”

Matthew 20:4

so he told them, ‘You also go and work in the vineyard, and I will pay you a fair wage.’

Matthew 21:31

Which one of the two did what his father wanted?” “The older one,” they answered. So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does what God wants is my brother, my sister, my mother.”

Mark 7:21

For from the inside, from your heart, come the evil ideas which lead you to do immoral things, to rob, kill,

John 1:13

They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.

John 7:17

Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.

Romans 14:7

We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only.

Romans 6:11

In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it?

Romans 7:4

That is how it is with you, my friends. As far as the Law is concerned, you also have died because you are part of the body of Christ; and now you belong to him who was raised from death in order that we might be useful in the service of God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.

Ephesians 2:3

Actually all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds. In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God's anger.

Ephesians 4:17

In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless

Ephesians 5:17

Don't be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord wants you to do.

Ephesians 6:6

Do this not only when they are watching you, because you want to gain their approval; but with all your heart do what God wants, as slaves of Christ.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.

Colossians 3:3

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

Colossians 4:12

Greetings from Epaphras, another member of your group and a servant of Christ Jesus. He always prays fervently for you, asking God to make you stand firm, as mature and fully convinced Christians, in complete obedience to God's will.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.

James 1:18

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

1 Peter 1:14

Be obedient to God, and do not allow your lives to be shaped by those desires you had when you were still ignorant.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.

1 John 2:17

The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.