1Pet 4:2 Cross References

1 Peter 4:2

2: And you won't spend the rest of your life chasing after evil desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

Ephesians 4:22

  1. throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception.
  2. Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes.
  3. You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God's likeness--righteous, holy, and true.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
  2. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  3. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  4. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
  5. He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.

2 Corinthians 5:15

  1. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.

Romans 6:11

  1. So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:6

  1. Work hard, but not just to please your masters when they are watching. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.

Romans 6:2

  1. Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?

Ephesians 2:3

  1. All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.

1 Peter 1:14

  1. Obey God because you are his children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.

Ephesians 5:7

  1. Don't participate in the things these people do.
  2. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it!

Ephesians 4:17

  1. With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.

Colossians 3:7

  1. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world.
  2. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.

1 Peter 2:1

  1. So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.

Galatians 2:19

  1. For when I tried to keep the law, I realized I could never earn God's approval. So I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ.
  2. I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Mark 3:35

  1. Anyone who does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

Romans 14:7

  1. For we are not our own masters when we live or when we die.

Psalms 143:10

  1. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.

John 7:17

  1. Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

  1. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Mark 7:21

  1. For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Ephesians 5:17

  1. Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.

1 John 2:17

  1. And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.

James 1:18

  1. In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

Matthew 21:31

  1. Which of the two was obeying his father?" They replied, "The first, of course." Then Jesus explained his meaning: "I assure you, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.

Colossians 4:12

  1. Epaphras, from your city, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and perfect, fully confident of the whole will of God.

Hebrews 13:20

  1. And now, may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, all that is pleasing to him. Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:14

  1. and the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish all who do wrong and to honor those who do right.
  2. It is God's will that your good lives should silence those who make foolish accusations against you.

Hosea 6:7

  1. "But like Adam, you broke my covenant and rebelled against me.

Romans 7:4

  1. So this is the point: The law no longer holds you in its power, because you died to its power when you died with Christ on the cross. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, you can produce good fruit, that is, good deeds for God.

Matthew 7:21

  1. "Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but they still won't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven.

Colossians 1:9

  1. So we have continued praying for you ever since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom.

Romans 12:2

  1. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

John 1:13

  1. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan--this rebirth comes from God.

Matthew 12:50

  1. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"
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