1 Peter 4:2
that he may no longer be alive to the lusts of men, while he is in the body, but only to do the pleasure of God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
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Matthew 12:50For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Matthew 21:31Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom,
John 7:17He that wisheth to do his pleasure, will understand my doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from my own pleasure.
Romans 6:11So also do ye account yourselves as being dead to sin, and alive to God, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:2-4
The Mortification of Sin. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 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. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: The… Read the whole commentary →