1 Peter 4:1

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

2that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Mark 3:3And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

Romans 6:7for he that hath died is justified from sin.

Romans 13:12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Galatians 5:24And they that are of Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Philippians 2:5For let 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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