1 Peter 4:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Strengthen yourselves so that you will live your lives here on earth doing what God wants, not the evil things that people want to do.

Cross References

1 Peter 1:14

In the past you did not have the understanding you have now, so you did the evil things you wanted to do. But now you are children of God, so you should obey him and not live the way you did before.

Ephesians 6:6

You must do this not just to please your masters while they are watching, but all the time. Since you are really slaves of Christ, you must do with all your heart what God wants.

Romans 6:11

In the same way, you should see yourselves as being dead to the power of sin and alive for God through Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:15

He died for all so that those who live would not continue to live for themselves. He died for them and was raised from death so that they would live for him.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like that, trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. Like everyone else in the world, we deserved to suffer God’s anger just because of the way we were.

Romans 6:2

Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?

Ephesians 4:17

I have something from the Lord to tell you. I warn you: Don’t continue living like those who don’t believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

Romans 14:7

We don’t live or die just for ourselves.

1 Peter 2:1

So then, stop doing anything to hurt others. Don’t lie anymore, and stop trying to fool people. Don’t be jealous or say bad things about others.

Psalm 143:10

Show me what you want me to do. You are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me over level ground.

John 7:17

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

Mark 7:21

All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,

Mark 3:35

My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”

Hosea 6:7

But the people broke the agreement as Adam did. They were unfaithful to me in their country.

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away, and all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But whoever does what God wants will live forever.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whatever happens, always be thankful. This is how God wants you to live in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:9

Since the day we heard these things about you, we have continued praying for you. This is what we pray: that God will make you completely sure of what he wants by giving you all the wisdom and spiritual understanding you need;

Ephesians 5:17

So don’t be foolish with your lives, but learn what the Lord wants you to do.

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died and you became free from the law through the body of Christ. Now you belong to someone else. You belong to the one who was raised from death. We belong to Christ so that we can be used in service to God.

John 1:13

They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The Jewish leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “The truth is, you are worse than the tax collectors and the prostitutes. In fact, they will enter God’s kingdom before you enter.

Matthew 12:50

Yes, anyone who does what my Father in heaven wants is my true brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, another servant of Jesus Christ from your group, sends his greetings. He constantly struggles for you in prayer. He prays that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything that God wants for you.

Colossians 3:3

Your old self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.

Matthew 20:4

So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my field, I will pay you what your work is worth.’