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1 Peter 4:1
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,
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,
1 PETER 4:1 paqo,ntoj {A} The reading that best explains the origin of the others is paqo,ntoj, which is strongly supported by î72 B C Y 330 1739 it65 vg copsa _al_. In order to express the idea more...
CHAPTER IV. _We should suffer patiently, after the example of Christ_, 1. _And no longer live according to our former custom, but disregard_ _the scoffs of those who are incensed against us because...
FORASMUCH THEN AS CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH - Since he as a man has died for us. See the notes at 1 Peter 3:18. The design was to set the suffering Redeemer before them as an example in...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life i...
Our voluntary suffering in the way of righteousness denotes our fellowship with Christ, and our breaking with sin. Let there be therefore no return, on the part of converts, to the evil life of pagani...
Since then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves with the same conviction, that he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
CHRIST. App-98. FOR US. The texts omit. IN THE FLESH. Greek. _sarki,_ as 1 Peter 3:18. ARM YOURSELVES... WITH. put on as armour. Greek. _hoplizomai._ Only here. Compare Romans 6:13. LIKEWISE. also...
_Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered … in the flesh_ The thoughts of the Apostle go back, somewhat after the manner of St Paul after a dogmatic digression, to the point from which he had started. C...
1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS 1 Peter 3:17 to...
ΟΥ̓͂Ν sums up the various lessons drawn from the sufferings of Christ in the preceding 1 Peter 4 :1 Peter 3:18-22, that suffering in the flesh is (_a_) a termination of the regime of sin, (_b_) an opp...
ΟΎΝ тозву следовательно. Это слово вводит основной урок, который надо извлечь из 3:18-22 (Bigg), ΠΑΘΌΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΆΣΧΩ (G3958) страдать. _Gen. abs._, сопутств. или _temp._ ΈΝΝΟΙΑ (G1770...
FORASMUCH THEN, &C.— "I have already observed, that Christ suffered, though he was perfectly innocent: as therefore Christ, your great Lord and Master, hath suffered for you in the flesh, do you also...
CHAPTER FOUR 1 Peter 4:1-2 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that ye no longer sh...
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; SUFFERED. 'Aleph ('), 'died,' ...
VERSE 1. FORASMUCH, THEN, AS CHRIST HAS SUFFERED. It being a fact that Christ suffered for us in the flesh, it is a strong reason why you should make every effort TO secure your own salvation. You ar...
19 Who are these imprisoned spirits ? Are they not the same that Peter mentions in his second epistle (1Pe_2:4) who were thrust down to the gloomy caverns of Tartarus, and the messengers of Jude's epi...
THE SECURITY OF THE FAITHFUL IN THE APPROACHING JUDGMENT _C_ (ii). 1 Peter 4:1. 'This is your faith: live then in accordance with it. Arm yourselves against your troubles by resolving to be like Chris...
HATH CEASED FROM SIN] cp. Romans 6:2; Romans 6:11. Suffering braces a man's mind, so that temptation loses its power over him, and the opposition of the heathen compelled Christians to be strangers to...
Peter now continues what he started to say in chapter 3:18. Christ is the model. He lived to do what God wanted. Christians must do the same, even if they suffer for it as Jesus did (chapter 1 Peter 2...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 LIVING FOR GOD v1 Christ suffered while he was in his human body. Each one of you Christians must be ready to suffer as he did. If you suf...
IV. (1) FORASMUCH THEN... — Literally, a participial phrase: _Christ, then, having suffered in_ (or, _to_)_ the flesh_ — _i.e.,_ so far as the flesh is concerned. The reference is to the words “killed...
CHAPTER 12 THE LESSONS OF SUFFERING 1 Peter 4:1 IT is always hard to swim against the stream; and if the effort be a moral one, the difficulty is not lessened. These early Christians were finding it...
_Christ having died to flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought that_ (or _because_) _he that died hath ceased to sins_. παθόντος σαρκί Peter goes back to the starting point of 1 Peter 3:18 in orde...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST 1 Peter 4:1 The Apostle urges the disciples to make a clean break with sin. As our Lord's grave lay between Him and His earlier life, so there should be a clean break between o...
The whole force of the argument which the apostle has used in speaking thus of the Christ was to show these saints how through suffering Christ reached a triumph, and to call them to arm themselves wi...
PREPARING TO SUFFER The resurrected Christ has now returned to heaven (Acts 1:9), where he is seated at God's right hand. Such a seat symbolizes the honor and power that is now his (Psalms 110:1; Roma...
Forasmuch (1) 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; (1) Having ended his digression...
_He that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sins. Some expound these words of Christ; but he never had committed the least sin. The true sense is, that every one who suffers by Christ's exam...
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 t...
CONTENTS This Chapter is full of Exhortations, in proposing to the Church, as an Object of unceasing Love, the Lord Jesus Christ; the People are tenderly invited to follow the Lord in the Regeneratio...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
1_Forasmuch then as Christ _When he had before set forth Christ before us, he only spoke of the suffering of the cross; for sometimes the cross means mortification, because the outward man is wasted b...
From the beginning of this Chapter to the end of Verse, the apostle continues to speak of the general principles of God's government, exhorting, the Christian to act on the principles of Christ Him el...
FORASMUCH THEN AS CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH..... The apostle having finished his digression concerning Christ's preaching in the ministry of Noah, to men whose spirits were now in priso...
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; Ver. 1. _Christ hath suffered_] As...
_Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered_ Even the ignominious and painful death of the cross, with all those previous and concomitant evils, which rendered his death peculiarly bitter; _for us_ And th...
CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH; referring to what has been said before. 1 Peter 3:18 WITH THE SAME MIND; the same readiness to suffer in the flesh that Christ manifested. HATH SUFFERED IN T...
Christ's suffering in the flesh is set before us then as an example; not His sufferings for us in atonement, which were His alone, but His sufferings in a contrary world, in precious, lowly grace. We...
_1 Peter 4:1 ‘Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,'_ ‘THEREFORE' -Connecting this...
1-6 The strongest and best arguments against sin, are taken from the sufferings of Christ. He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully submitted to the worst sufferings, yet he never gave way to...
1 PETER CHAPTER 4 1 PETER 4:1 The apostle exhorteth to cease from sin, in regard of Christ's having suffered for it, and of a future judgment. 1 PETER 4:7 From the approaching end of all things, he ur...
1 Peter 4:1 since G3767 Christ G5547 suffered G3958 (G5631) for G5228 us G2257 flesh G4561 arm G3695 ...
‘Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, you arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that you no longer live the rest of your time in...
CHRIST'S SUFFERING IN THE FLESH SHOULD ARM THEM FOR THE BATTLE AHEAD WITH ONE EYE ON THE COMING JUDGMENT AND ON THE RESURRECTION (1 PETER 4:1). Peter tells us that by being made one with Christ in His...
APPLICATION OF THE PREVIOUS THEME, AND REMINDER OF THE COMING JUDGMENT (1 PETER 4:1). Having portrayed the great and all encompassing victory of Jesus Christ through suffering, Peter now applies the i...
1 Peter 4:1. CHRIST THEN HAVING SUFFERED AS REGARDS THE FLESH. The words ‘for us,' which the A. V. inserts, have the support of some good authorities. They are wanting, however, in the oldest of all o...
This paragraph brings to an end the series of counsels which began with chap. 1 Peter 2:11, and have dealt with what is essential to a becoming ‘conversation among the Gentiles.' Christian duty in rel...
FOR AS MUCH THEN AS CHRIST SUFFERED IN THE FLESH (Χριστου ουν παθοντος σαρκ). Genitive absolute with second aorist active participle of πασχω, to suffer, and the locative case of σαρξ (flesh). The...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
1 Peter 4:1. _Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind:_ Accepting this great truth, that it is well that the flesh should die that the s...
1 Peter 4:1. _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:_ Brethren, we have a...
CONTENTS: Exhortations to mortification of sin and living unto God. Suffering with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ having suffered so much for us, should cause us to fortify ourse...
1 Peter 4:3. _The will of the gentiles._ Augustine in his city of God, should be read to see the excess and abominable idolatries of the gentiles. See the notes on Ephesians 5:12; Romans 1....
SINCE CHRIST. "Since Christ suffered physically and died to save his people, each of you must have this same attitude! You must be willing to die for Christ, if this should be God's will for you!" See...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:1 SINCE THEREFORE CHRIST SUFFERED. Christ’s suffering again functions as a model for readers. WHOEVER HAS SUFFERED IN THE FLESH HAS CEASED FROM SIN. Two likely interpretation...
THE CALL TO HOLY LIVING _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:1. IN THE FLESH.—Or to the flesh; _i.e_., so far as the flesh is concerned. The same sphere IN which Christian disciples were called...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 4:1 FORASMUCH THEN AS CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH. St. Peter returns, after the digression of 1 Peter 3:19, to the great subject of Christ's example. The words "for...
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us (1 Peter 4:1) That is, has gone to the cross. in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered (1 Peter 4:1) Or come...
1 Peter 3:18; Colossians 3:3; Ezekiel 16:41; Galatians 2:20;...
Arm yourselves [ο π λ ι σ α σ θ ε]. Only here in New Testament. The thought is Pauline. See Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:10; Ep
Arm yourselves with the same mind — Which will be armour of proof against all your enemies. For he that hath suffered in the flesh — That hath so suffered as to he thereby made inwardly and truly conf...
These words may be considered, 1. As an inference drawn from what the apostle had asserted in the foregoing chapter, namely, That Christ Jesus suffered for our sins, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST; 1 Peter 3...