Ephesians 4:17 Cross References

Ephesians 4:17

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

Romans 1:21

  1. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.

1 Peter 4:3

  1. You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
  2. Of course, your former friends are very surprised when you no longer join them in the wicked things they do, and they say evil things about you.

Ephesians 2:1

  1. Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins.
  2. You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
  3. 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 Thessalonians 4:1

  1. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and more.
  2. For you remember what we taught you in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Colossians 2:4

  1. I am telling you this so that no one will be able to deceive you with persuasive arguments.

1 Peter 1:18

  1. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.

Acts 14:15

  1. "Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings like yourselves! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Nehemiah 9:29

  1. You warned them to return to your law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
  2. In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who, through the prophets, warned them about their sins. But still they wouldn't listen! So once again you allowed the pagan inhabitants of the land to conquer them.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

  1. Never cheat a Christian brother in this matter by taking his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

1 Timothy 6:13

  1. And I command you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,

Acts 20:21

  1. I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike--the necessity of turning from sin and turning to God, and of faith in our Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 5:21

  1. I solemnly command you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus and the holy angels to obey these instructions without taking sides or showing special favor to anyone.

Galatians 5:3

  1. I'll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey all of the regulations in the whole law of Moses.

Ephesians 1:22

  1. And God has put all things under the authority of Christ, and he gave him this authority for the benefit of the church.

Romans 1:23

  1. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
  2. So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies.
  3. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.
  4. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
  5. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved.

Colossians 3:5

  1. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.
  2. God's terrible anger will come upon those who do such things.
  3. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world.
  4. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.

1 Corinthians 1:12

  1. Some of you are saying, "I am a follower of Paul." Others are saying, "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Peter, "or "I follow only Christ."

Acts 2:40

  1. Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, "Save yourselves from this generation that has gone astray!"

1 Corinthians 15:50

  1. What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These perishable bodies of ours are not able to live forever.

2 Peter 2:18

  1. They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.

Psalms 94:8

  1. Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?
  2. Is the one who made your ears deaf? Is the one who formed your eyes blind?
  3. He punishes the nations--won't he also punish you? He knows everything--doesn't he also know what you are doing?
  4. The LORD knows people's thoughts, that they are worthless!

2 Corinthians 9:6

  1. Remember this--a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

2 Timothy 4:1

  1. And so I solemnly urge you before God and before Christ Jesus--who will someday judge the living and the dead when he appears to set up his Kingdom:

Galatians 5:19

  1. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
  2. idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,
  3. envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Colossians 2:18

  1. Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on self-denial. And don't let anyone say you must worship angels, even though they say they have had visions about this. These people claim to be so humble, but their sinful minds have made them proud.

Acts 18:5

  1. And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent his full time preaching and testifying to the Jews, telling them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."

Nehemiah 13:15

  1. One Sabbath day I saw some men of Judah treading their winepresses. They were also bringing in bundles of grain and loading them on their donkeys. And on that day they were bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on the Sabbath.

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.

Galatians 3:17

  1. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

Jeremiah 42:19

  1. "Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: `Do not go to Egypt!' Don't forget this warning I have given you today.

1 Corinthians 6:9

  1. Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,
  2. thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
  3. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

Ephesians 5:3

  1. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.
  2. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
  3. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world.
  4. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him.
  5. Don't participate in the things these people do.
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