1 Peter 4:1

If then the Meshiha hath suffered for you in the flesh, be you also armed in it with the same mind; for every one who dieth in his body hath ceased from all sins,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

2that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3And he said to him, the man with the withered hand, Stand up in the midst.

Romans 6:7For he who is dead is set free from sin.

Romans 13:12The night now passeth away, and the day hath drawn nigh; put we away then from us the works of darkness, and let us clothe with the arms of light.

Galatians 5:24But they who are of the Meshiha have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its lusts:

Philippians 2:5And feel this in yourselves, which Jeshu the Meshiha (did) 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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