1 Peter 4:2

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

In Context

1Since, 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),

3For the time past of life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we spent our life in lasciviousness, lusts, hard drinking, revelry, banqueting, and abominable idol worship.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:50"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 21:31"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

Mark 7:21From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -

John 7:17"If any one wills to do God’s will he shall know concerning my teaching, whether it is from God, or I speak my own authority. "Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

Romans 6:11Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:2-4

The Mortification of Sin. ( a. d. 66.) 1 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; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: The… Read the whole commentary →

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