1 Peter 4:1

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

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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;

In Context

2and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3“Stand out in the middle,” Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;

Romans 6:7For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from sin.

Romans 13:12The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us be done with the deeds of darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of light.

Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

Philippians 2:5Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.

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 →

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