1 Peter 4:1

Since, then, Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, do you also arm yourselves with the same determination; for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

In Context

2so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh, according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst.

Romans 6:7for he that is dead is freed from sin.

Romans 13:12the night is far advanced, the day draws near. Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Galatians 5:24Now those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:1

The work of a Christian is twofold—doing the will of God and suffering his pleasure. This chapter directs us in both. The duties we are here exhorted to employ ourselves in are the mortification of sin, living to God, sobriety, prayer, charity, hospitality, and the best improvement of our talents, which the apostle presses upon Christians from the consideration of the time they have lost in their sins, and the approaching end of all things, ver. 1-11 . The directions for sufferings are that we should not be… Read the whole commentary →

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