Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Peter 4:2
That ye may no longer live in the flesh — Even in this mortal body. To the desires of men — Either your own or those of others. These are various; but the will of God is one.
That ye may no longer live in the flesh — Even in this mortal body. To the desires of men — Either your own or those of others. These are various; but the will of God is one.
Verse 1 Peter 4:2. _THAT HE NO LONGER SHOULD LIVE - IN THE FLESH_] Governed by the base principle of giving up his faith to save his life; _to_ _the lusts of men_-according to the will of his idolatro...
THAT HE NO LONGER SHOULD LIVE - That is, he has become, through the death of Christ, dead to the world and to the former things which influenced him, in order that he should hereafter live not to the...
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...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
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...
THAT. To (App-104.) the end that. NO LONGE r. Greek. _meketi._ LIVE. Greek. _bioo_. Only here. Compare App-170. REST OF _ HIS_. remaining, Greek. _epiloipos._ Only here. Compare App-124. MEN. App-...
_that he no longer should live the rest of his time_ The Greek form of the sentence points rather to the result than to the purpose of sufferings so borne, but the result in this case was one which im...
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...
ΕἸΣ ΤῸ may be taken (_a_) with ὁπλίσασθε _in order that ye should no longer live_, etc. as R.V., or (_b_) as A.V. and R.V. marg. with πέπαυται _that he should no longer live_, etc. ἘΠΙΘΥΜΊΑΙΣ, the ma...
ΕΙΣ ΤΌ чтобы. Вводит _прид._ цели (RWP). ΜΗΚΈΤΙ (G3371) больше не. ΈΠΙΘΥΜΊΑ (G1939) сильное желание, похоть, страсть. ΘΈΛΗΜΑ (G2307) воля. Здесь _dat._ преимущества, обозначает личную заинтересованно...
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...
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. THAT HE ... 'That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from sin by...
VERSE 2. THAT HE NO LONGER SHOULD. Having taken a stand for Christ, we thereby announce that sin has no longer any claims upon us. We cease to sin. This is our claim and our duty. We live no longer i...
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...
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...
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...
THAT HE NO LONGER. — The Greek admits at least equally of the translation, _That ye no longer,_ Thus, this second verse will attach itself, not to the clause “that he that hath suffered,” but to the c...
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...
Christians who were baptised into Christ's death and resurrection (Romans 6:2-11) are not taken _out of the world_ at once (John 17:15); they have to live in the flesh but not to the flesh, because _t...
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...
That he no longer should live the (a) rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. (a) So much of this present life as remains yet to be passed over....
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...
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...
2_That he no longer _Here he sets forth the way of ceasing from sin, that renouncing the covetings of men we should study to form our life according to the will of God. And thus he includes here the t...
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...
THAT HE NO LONGER SHOULD LIVE,.... The Arabic version reads, "that ye no longer should live". This expresses the end of being armed with the above thought, that a suffering saint after death is clear...
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. Ver. 2. _That he no longer, &c._] To spend the span of his transitory life after the way...
_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...
TO THE LUSTS OF MEN; controlled by sinful inclinations....
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....
ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. Ceasing from sin:...
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 4:2 ‘so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.'_ ‘SO AS TO LIVE' -‘Peter now explains “ceasing from sin” in more detail. It is...
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...
IN THE FLESH; i.e. in the body, meaning his natural life: _flesh_ is here taken in a third sense, different from the two former: so GALATIANS 2:20 PHILIPPIANS 1:22. By _the lusts of men, _ he means th...
1 Peter 4:2 that G1519 he G980 longer G3371 live G980 (G5658) rest G1954 time G5550 in G1722 flesh...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
1 Peter 4:2. TO THE END, NO LONGER ACCORDING TO MEN'S LASTS BUT ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL, TO LIVE THE REMAINING TIME IN THE FLESH. Two connections are possible, between which it is difficult to decide....
THAT YE NO LONGER SHOULD LIVE (εις το μηκετ βιωσα). Purpose clause with εις το (negative μη) and the first aorist (for the Attic second aorist βιωνα) active infinitive of βιοω, old verb, to spend a...
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....
FROM NOW ON. "Your baptism was a promise (1 Peter 3:21) to God! You must allow God's will to control your earthly lives! You must not allow either your human nature or fear of persecution to turn you...
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 John 2:17; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:14; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Thessalon
Live [β ι ω σ α ι]. Only here in New Testament. The rest of the time [ε π ι λ ο ι π ο ν]. Only here in New Testament....