But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.
1 Peter 4:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites and desires, but [he lives] for what God wills. American Standard Version (1901) that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Common English Bible As a result, they don’t live the rest of their human lives in ways determined by human desires but in ways determined by God’s will. Catholic Public Domain Version so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by the will of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God. |
But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’
He said to them, “You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.” So off they went.
Which of the two did his father’s will? ’ They said, ‘The first.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
‘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 in heaven.
For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God’s will from your heart.
For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.
give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. , Amen.
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains for ever.