1 Peter 4:2

New English Translation

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

Hosea 6:7

At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!

Matthew 12:50

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

Matthew 20:4

He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 3:35

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

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

John 1:13

– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Romans 14:7

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

Romans 6:11

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:2

Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 7:4

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…

Ephesians 4:17

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

Ephesians 6:6

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 3:3

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

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

James 1:18

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 1:14

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.