1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Cross-reference
1 Peter 4:3 lists the specific passions of the former life, illustrating what believers are to leave behind.
1 Peter 4:2 directly echoes the theme: no longer living for human passions but for God's will, continuing the same exhortation.
Ephesians 2:2 describes the former way of life following the world's ways, echoing the 'evil desires in ignorance' that believers must now abandon.
1 Thessalonians 4:5 warns against passionate lust like Gentiles who don't know God, mirroring 1 Peter 1:14's former ignorance and passions.
Titus 3:3-5 describes being once enslaved to passions and foolish, then saved by mercy, paralleling the former life in 1 Peter 1:14.
Colossians 3:5-7 lists passions and notes believers once walked in them, reinforcing 1 Peter 1:14's call to leave the old life.
Ephesians 5:6 warns that God's wrath comes on the disobedient, reinforcing the call in 1 Peter 1:14 to abandon former ignorance.
Ephesians 4:18-22 speaks of former ignorance and deceitful desires, directly paralleling 1 Peter 1:14's 'former ignorance' and passions.
Romans 12:2 commands non-conformity to the world and transformation of mind, closely matching 1 Peter 1:14's call to avoid former passions.
Romans 6:4 describes walking in newness of life through baptism, paralleling the break from former passions in 1 Peter 1:14.
Acts 17:30 mentions God's patience during 'times of ignorance' and commands repentance, echoing the former state in 1 Peter 1:14.
2 Corinthians 5:15 declares believers no longer live for themselves but for Christ, the positive counterpart to 1 Peter's negative command against former passions.
Galatians 5:16 promises that walking by the Spirit prevents gratifying fleshly desires, directly supporting 1 Peter's call to resist former passions.
Ephesians 2:3 describes the former life of fleshly passions, providing the background for 1 Peter's command not to conform to that old way.
Romans 6:12 warns against letting sin reign through passions, almost identical to 1 Peter's command not to be conformed to former passions.
Romans 6:2 asks how those dead to sin can still live in it, mirroring 1 Peter's prohibition against conforming to former passions after new life.
Acts 26:20 calls for deeds consistent with repentance, directly paralleling 1 Peter's command to abandon former passions as proof of conversion.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:7, God calls us to holiness, not impurity — directly reinforcing Peter's call to reject former passions.
In Titus 2:12, renouncing worldly passions is part of godly training — a close parallel to Peter's command not to conform to former lusts.
In 1 John 2:16, the desires of the flesh and eyes are from the world — specifying the passions Peter says not to conform to.
In James 4:1, passions wage war within, showing the internal conflict behind the outward conformity Peter warns against.
In Colossians 3:10, putting on the new self renewed in knowledge contrasts with the former ignorance Peter describes.
In Colossians 3:6, the wrath of God comes because of the very passions Peter warns against — adding a consequence for conforming to former lusts.
In Philippians 2:15, believers are called children of God who shine as lights — echoing the obedient child identity and nonconformity to the world.
Hosea 14:8 urges Ephraim to have nothing more to do with idols—parallel to Peter's call to turn from former passions.
Ezekiel 18:31 calls for a new heart and to rid offenses—similar to turning from former passions in Peter.