1 Peter 4:1
Christ then having suffered in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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Isaiah 1:16Wash you; make you clean; Put away your evil doings from before mine eyes;
Mark 3:3And he saith to the man having the withered hand, Stand up in the midst.
Romans 6:7for he that hath died hath been set free from sin.
Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us then throw off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light.
Galatians 5:24And they who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.
Philippians 2:5Yea, let this mind be in you which was 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 →