1 Peter 4:2 “Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for hum…”

1 Peter 4:2

Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.

Young's Literal Translation

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

Bible in Basic English

So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

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Cross references

“no”

Ephesians 4:22–24 Titus 3:3–8 Ephesians 4:17 Romans 14:7 1 Peter 2:1 Romans 7:4

Ephesians 4:22–24 · BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Titus 3:3–8 · BSB

For 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.

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

So 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.

Romans 14:7 · BSB

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

1 Peter 2:1 · BSB

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Romans 7:4 · BSB

Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

“the lusts”

Ephesians 2:3 Hosea 6:7 Mark 7:21

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

All 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.

Hosea 6:7 · BSB

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Mark 7:21 · BSB

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

“the will”

Romans 6:11 Ephesians 6:6 2 Corinthians 5:15 Psalm 143:10 Mark 3:35 John 7:17

Romans 6:11 · BSB

So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:6 · BSB

And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

2 Corinthians 5:15 · BSB

And 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.

Psalm 143:10 · BSB

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Mark 3:35 · BSB

For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

John 7:17 · BSB

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

Also

1 Peter 1:14 Romans 6:2

1 Peter 1:14 · BSB

As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

Romans 6:2 · BSB

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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