1 Peter 4:2

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

Twentieth Century 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 body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

3Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:50For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 21:31Which of the two sons did as his father wished?” “The second,” they said. “I tell you,” added Jesus, “that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

Mark 7:21for it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts — unchastity, theft, murder, adultery,

John 7:17If any one has the will to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

Romans 6:11So let it be with you — regard yourselves as dead to sin, but as living for God, through union with 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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