1 Peter 4:1

CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also in mind armed for the same conflict: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sinning;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3And he saith to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up in the midst.

Romans 6:7For he that is dead is discharged from sin.

Romans 13:12The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Galatians 5:24But they who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and irregular appetites.

Philippians 2:5Let the same sentiment of mind be in you, which was 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 →

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