Romans 12:2 Cross References
Romans 12:2
2: 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.
1 Peter 1:14
- 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 4:22
- throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception.
- Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes.
- You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God's likeness--righteous, holy, and true.
2 Corinthians 5:17
- What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!
Colossians 3:10
- In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who created this new nature within you.
1 John 2:15
- Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.
- For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.
- And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.
Ephesians 5:17
- Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.
Ezekiel 36:26
- And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
Romans 12:1
- And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
1 Peter 4:2
- 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.
John 15:19
- The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don't. I chose you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.
Romans 13:14
- But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires.
Psalms 51:10
- Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Titus 3:5
- 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.
James 4:4
- You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with this world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again, that if your aim is to enjoy this world, you can't be a friend of God.
2 Corinthians 4:4
- Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
Proverbs 3:1
- My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart,
- for they will give you a long and satisfying life.
- Never let loyalty and kindness get away from you! Wear them like a necklace; write them deep within your heart.
- Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will gain a good reputation.
Ephesians 4:17
- With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.
- Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
- They don't care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways. Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed.
- But that isn't what you were taught when you learned about Christ.
John 17:14
- I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not.
Colossians 1:21
- This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions,
- yet now he has brought you back as his friends. He has done this through his death on the cross in his own human body. As a result, he has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
Galatians 5:22
- But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
2 Peter 1:4
- And by that same mighty power, he has given us all of his rich and wonderful promises. He has promised that you will escape the decadence all around you caused by evil desires and that you will share in his divine nature.
Ezekiel 18:31
- Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
James 1:27
- Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.
Psalms 34:8
- Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in him!
1 Thessalonians 4:3
- God wants you to be holy, so you should keep clear of all sexual sin.
1 John 4:4
- But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
- These people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's viewpoint, and the world listens to them.
1 John 3:13
- So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Psalms 119:174
- O LORD, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
Psalms 19:7
- The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are clear, giving insight to life.
- Reverence for the LORD is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the LORD are true; each one is fair.
- They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb.
- They are a warning to those who hear them; there is great reward for those who obey them.
Ephesians 2:2
- 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.
1 John 5:19
- We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the power and control of the evil one.
Ephesians 5:9
- For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.
- Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:16
- All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right.
- It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.
Proverbs 3:13
- Happy is the person who finds wisdom and gains understanding.
- For the profit of wisdom is better than silver, and her wages are better than gold.
- Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
- She offers you life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
- She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying.
2 Peter 2:20
- And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
Ephesians 1:18
- I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.
1 Corinthians 3:19
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, "God catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness."
Galatians 1:4
- He died for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
Romans 7:12
- But still, the law itself is holy and right and good.
Psalms 119:47
- How I delight in your commands! How I love them!
- I honor and love your commands. I meditate on your principles.
Psalms 119:72
- Your law is more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver!
Leviticus 18:29
- Whoever does any of these detestable things will be cut off from the community of Israel.
- So be careful to obey my laws, and do not practice any of these detestable activities. Do not defile yourselves by doing any of them, for I, the LORD, am your God."
Psalms 119:128
- Truly, each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.
1 Peter 2:3
- now that you have had a taste of the Lord's kindness.
Colossians 4:12
- 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.
Deuteronomy 18:9
- "When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
- For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling or sorcery, or allow them to interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
- or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
- Anyone who does these things is an object of horror and disgust to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.
- You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
Revelation 13:8
- And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb who was killed before the world was made.
John 7:7
- The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of sin and evil.
Psalms 119:97
- Oh, how I love your law! I think about it all day long.
Romans 7:22
- I love God's law with all my heart.
2 Corinthians 6:14
- Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?
- What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?
- And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: "I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
Exodus 23:2
- "Do not join a crowd that intends to do evil. When you are on the witness stand, do not be swayed in your testimony by the opinion of the majority.
Romans 7:14
- The law is good, then. The trouble is not with the law but with me, because I am sold into slavery, with sin as my master.
1 Peter 1:18
- 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.
Psalms 119:103
- How sweet are your words to my taste; they are sweeter than honey.
John 14:30
- "I don't have much more time to talk to you, because the prince of this world approaches. He has no power over me,
Revelation 12:9
- This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.