1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same mind: for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

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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 may live the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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Cross References

Mark 3:3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Stand and come here.

Romans 6:7For he who has died is freed from sin.

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

Galatians 5:24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Philippians 2:5Let this attitude 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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