Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was rai
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts
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 th
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.
For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with t
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him wh
The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and ap
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.