1 Peter 4:1
Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because he who suffered in the flesh has finished [with] sin,
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In Context
2no longer in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
Cross References
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourselves pure, || Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before My eyes, || Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Mark 3:3And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.”
Romans 6:7for he who has died has been set free from sin.
Romans 13:12the night advanced, and the day came near; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armor of the light;
Galatians 5:24and those who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the affections and the desires;
Philippians 2:5For let this mind be in you that [is] 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 →