1 Peter 4:2

that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 for us in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because he who suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

3For we have spent enough of our past lifetime to accomplish the will of the Gentiles—having walked in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking on My own authority.

Romans 6:11Likewise you also, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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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