1 Peter 4:1

Christ, then, having suffered in flesh, do, ye also, with the same purpose, arm yourselves,—because, he that hath suffered in flesh, hath done with sins,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2To the end that, no longer, in men’s covetings, but in God’s will, ye may live, the still remaining time.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:16Wash you make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes,—Cease to do evil.

Mark 3:3And he saith unto the man who hath his hand withered, Arise into the midst!

Romans 6:7For, he that hath died, hath become righteously acquitted from his sin.

Romans 13:12The night, is far spent and, the day, hath drawn near; let us, then, cast off the works of darkness, [and] let us put on the armour of light,—

Galatians 5:24And, they who are of Christ Jesus, have crucified, the flesh, with its susceptibilities and covetings.

Philippians 2:5The same thing, esteem, in yourselves, which also, in Christ Jesus, [ye esteem],—

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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