1 Peter 4:2

Modern English Version

so that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh serving human desires, but the will of God.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Hosea 6:7

But like men they have transgressed the covenant. There they dealt faithlessly with Me.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

Matthew 20:4

and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and prostitutes enter the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God is My brother, and My sister, and My mother.”

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder,

John 1:13

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 7:17

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.

Romans 14:7

For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.

Romans 6:11

Likewise, you also consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:2

God forbid! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Romans 7:4

So, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may be married to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead, so that we may bear fruit for God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And He died for all, that those who live should not from now on live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Ephesians 2:3

among them we all also once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Ephesians 4:17

Therefore this I say and testify in the Lord, that from now on you walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 6:6

not serving when eyes are on you as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Colossians 3:3

For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you. He is one of you, a servant of Christ, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in the entire will of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children do not conduct yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore put away all wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking.

1 John 2:17

The world and its desires are passing away, but the one who does the will of God lives forever.