1 Peter 4:2

1 Peter 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Context of 1 Peter 4:2

1Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished with sin — in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. 3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living — and they slander you.

1 Peter 4:2 word by word

εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις, ἀλλὰ θελήματι θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
• heβιόωbioō · to liveG980
• no longerμηκέτιmēketi · never againG3371
• the restἐπίλοιποςepiloipos · remainingG1954
• ofχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• to the lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• to the willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:2

• 1 Peter 2:1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
• Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
• Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.
• Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore, do not become their partners.
• Colossians 3:7and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.
• Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
• Ephesians 2:3We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
• 1 Peter 2:15For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.
• Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
• Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
• Mark 3:35Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
• John 1:13who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 4:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2That 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 idolatrous persecutors; but to the will of God; which will of God is, that he should retain the truth, and live according to its dictates, though he should suffer for it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2That 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 lusts of the flesh. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:15. The rest of his time in the flesh - The remainder of the time that he is to continue in the flesh; that is, that he is to live on the earth. To the lusts of men - Such lusts as people commonly live for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6Peter urges Christians to make a definite separation from their former sinful way of life. Christ freed us from that way of life through his suffering.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. That he, &c.--"That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from sin by suffering, in the person of Christ, namely, in virtue of his union with the crucified Christ) should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God" as his rule. "Rest of his time in the flesh" (the Greek has the preposition "in" here, not in 1Pe 4:1 as to Christ) proves that the reference is here not to Christ, but to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 4:2

• Commandments
• Holiness
• Lasciviousness
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Self-Denial
• Sinlessness

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings