1 Peter 4:2

The Text-Critical English New Testament

so as to live his remaining time in the flesh no longer for the evil desires of men, but for the will of God.

Cross References

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 my vineyard as well, and I will give you whatever is right.’

Matthew 21:31

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

Matthew 7:21

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

Mark 3:35

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

Mark 7:21

For from within, from the hearts of men, come 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 anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Romans 12:2

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

Romans 14:7

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

Romans 6:11

So you also must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:2

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

Romans 7:4

So then, my brothers, you also were put to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we might bear fruit for God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

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

Ephesians 2:3

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of our flesh and our impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Ephesians 4:17

Therefore, I solemnly declare in the Lord that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

Ephesians 5:17

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

Ephesians 6:6

Do not try to please them only when they are watching you, but act like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, from the day we heard this, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual 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 servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and complete 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 in every good work so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:18

Of his own will he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:14

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

1 Peter 2:1

So put aside all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.