1 Peter 4:1
Therefore, because Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same intention. For whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
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Isaiah 1:16Wash, cleanse yourselves; 1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight; 1 stop being evil; 1
Mark 3:3Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand here in the middle of everyone.”
Romans 6:7He who has died is declared righteous with respect to sin.
Romans 13:12The night has advanced, and the day has come near. Let us therefore put aside the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
Philippians 2:5You should have the same attitude toward one another as was in Christ Jesus. 1
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 →