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.
• 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.
• 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

1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. 4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on 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 and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
• Romans 7:4So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
• Romans 14:7For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
• Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partners with them.
• Colossians 3:7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
• Hosea 6:7As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
• Mark 7:21For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
• 1 Peter 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may 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 only 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 21:31“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
• Mark 3:35Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
• John 1:13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born 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