1 Peter 4:2

New International Version

As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

Cross References

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

Ephesians 6:6

Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Romans 6:11

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:15

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

Ephesians 2:3

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Romans 6:2

By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

Ephesians 4:17

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

Romans 14:7

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

John 7:17

Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

Mark 7:21

For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Mark 3:35

Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Hosea 6:7

As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

1 John 2:17

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

James 1:18

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 7:4

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

John 1:13

children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 12:50

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

Matthew 7:21

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

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

Colossians 3:3

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

Matthew 20:4

He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’