1 Peter 4:2

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do what you want, because you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Hosea 6:7

But they have broken the agreement as Adam did; they have been unfaithful to me.

Matthew 12:50

My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.”

Matthew 20:4

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

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The priests and leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.

Matthew 7:21

“Not all those who say ‘You are our Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people who will enter the kingdom of heaven are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

Mark 3:35

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

Mark 7:21

All these evil things begin inside people, in the mind: evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery,

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 7:17

If people choose to do what God wants, they will know that my teaching comes from God and not from me.

Romans 12:2

Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 14:7

We do not live or die for ourselves.

Romans 6:11

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

Romans 6:2

No! We died to our old sinful lives, so how can we continue living with sin?

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. This happened so that you might belong to someone else—the One who was raised from the dead—and so that we might be used in service to God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

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

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.

Ephesians 4:17

In the Lord’s name, I tell you this. Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

Ephesians 5:17

So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.

Ephesians 6:6

You must do this not only while they are watching you, to please them. With all your heart you must do what God wants as people who are obeying Christ.

Colossians 1:9

Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we have continued praying for you, asking God that you will know fully what he wants. We pray that you will also have great wisdom and understanding in spiritual things

Colossians 3:3

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

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, a servant of Jesus Christ, from your group, also greets you. He always prays for you that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything God wants for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:14

Now that you are obedient children of God do not live as you did in the past. You did not understand, so you did the evil things you wanted.

1 Peter 2:1

So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech.

1 John 2:17

The world and everything that people want in it are passing away, but the person who does what God wants lives forever.