Living for God’s Glory
1 Peter 4:2
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- no longer in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
- YLT
- no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
- DBY
- no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.Elohim
- DRC
- That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God.
- GNV
- That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις ἀλλὰ θελήματι θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον.
- RP2018
- εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις, ἀλλὰ θελήματι θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον.
- TR-Boyd
- εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις, ἀλλὰ θελήματι Θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον.
- SCR1894
- εις το μηκετι ανθρωπων επιθυμιαις αλλα θεληματι θεου τον επιλοιπον εν σαρκι βιωσαι χρονον
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Self-DenialSinlessnessLasciviousnessDevotedness to GodRighteousnessPeter, SimonHolinessCommandmentsPeter, the First Epistle ofParousia
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ephesians 4:22–24to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness…
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Titus 3:3–8For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and…
- Ephesians 6:6And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
- Romans 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- Romans 6:2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
- Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Ephesians 5:7–8Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
- Galatians 2:19–20For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who…
- 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
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