1 Peter 4:2

Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

In Context

1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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Cross References

Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

Romans 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:2-4

The Mortification of Sin. ( a. d. 66.) 1 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; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: The… Read the whole commentary →

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