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 has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 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. 3For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries. 4In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, 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

• soεἰςeis · towardG1519
• as to liveβιόωbioō · to liveG980
• the restἐπίλοιποςepiloipos · remainingG1954
• of the timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• in the fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• noμηκέτιmēketi · never againG3371
• for the lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:2

• 1 Peter 2:1Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
• Romans 7:4Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
• Romans 14:7For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
• Ephesians 4:17So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them;
• Colossians 3:7and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.
• Hosea 6:7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
• Ephesians 2:3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
• 1 Peter 2:15For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
• 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 he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
• Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he 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 that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get 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