1 Peter 4:2

so as not to live your remaining time in flesh for human lusts any longer, but for the will of God.

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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 on our behalf in flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mentality (for the one who has ‘suffered in flesh’ has been made to cease from sin)

3Because the time that has passed is plenty for you to have performed the will of the pagans—having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, carousings and disgusting idolatries—

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Cross References

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

Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father?” They say to Him, “The first.” Jesus says to them: “Assuredly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you do.

Mark 7:21Because from within, out of men's hearts, the evil designs proceed—adulteries, fornications, murders,

John 7:17If anyone wants to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Romans 6:11Thus you also, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to the 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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