1 Peter 2:11
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)
1 John 2:15-17
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On Not Loving the World
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(B) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(C) the lust of the eyes,(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(E) but whoever does the will of God(F) lives forever.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
Galatians 5:24
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.
Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)
James 4:1
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?
2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Therefore, since we have these promises,(A) dear friends,(B) let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness(C) out of reverence for God.
Romans 8:13
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13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(A) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(B) you will live.(C)
Romans 12:1
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A Living Sacrifice
12 Therefore, I urge you,(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
2 Timothy 2:22
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22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love(A) and peace, along with those who call on the Lord(B) out of a pure heart.(C)
Romans 13:13-14
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13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B) 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(C) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](D)
Footnotes
- Romans 13:14 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.
Acts 15:29
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29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(A) You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
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