1 Peter 4:1

Since, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, do you also ever arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has done with sin),

Montgomery 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

2so that in future you may not spend your life in the flesh according to men’s desires, but in the will of God.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3"Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward."

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

Romans 13:12The night is far spent; The day is at hand. Let is therefore take off the deeds of darkness, Let us put on the armor of light.

Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.

Philippians 2:5Let this 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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