1 Peter 4:2
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.
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Hosea 6:7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Matthew 12:50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 21:31Whether of the twain did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
John 7:17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Romans 6:11Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
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 →