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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

Context of 1 Peter 4:2

1Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 3For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign 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 2:1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
• Romans 7:4Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
• Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
• Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not become partners with them;
• Colossians 3:7In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
• Hosea 6:7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
• Ephesians 2:3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
• 1 Peter 2:15For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
• Matthew 7:21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is 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 the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
• Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."
• John 1:13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor 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