1 Peter 4:2
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2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God.
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Ephesians 4:22-24
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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and (B)be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you (C)put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
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Romans 6:11
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11 Likewise you also, [a]reckon yourselves to be (A)dead indeed to sin, but (B)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Peter 1:14
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14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
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Titus 3:3-8
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when (B)the kindness and the love of (C)God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 (D)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (E)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 (F)whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace (G)we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 (H)This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
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Ephesians 6:6
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6 (A)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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2 Corinthians 5:15
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15 and He died for all, (A)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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Romans 6:2
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2 Certainly not! How shall we who (A)died to sin live any longer in it?
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Ephesians 5:7-8
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7 Therefore do not be (A)partakers with them.
Walk in Light
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are (B)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
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Ephesians 4:17
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The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
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Galatians 2:19-20
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19 For I (A)through the law (B)died to the law that I might (C)live to God. 20 I have been (D)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh (E)I live by faith in the Son of God, (F)who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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1 Peter 2:1
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
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Romans 14:7
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7 For (A)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
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Psalm 143:10
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10 (A)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
(B)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in (C)the land of uprightness.
Colossians 3:7-8
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7 (A)in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 (B)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
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John 7:17
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17 (A)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.
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Mark 3:35
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35 For whoever does the (A)will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
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1 John 2:17
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17 And (A)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
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1 Peter 2:14-15
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14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
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James 1:18
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18 (A)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (B)word of truth, (C)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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Hebrews 13:21
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21 make you [a]complete in every good work to do His will, (A)working in [b]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Thessalonians 5:18
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18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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Colossians 4:12
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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always (B)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand (C)perfect and [a]complete in all the will of God.
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Colossians 1:9
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Preeminence of Christ
9 (A)For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask (B)that you may be filled with (C)the knowledge of His will (D)in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
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