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 Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude. For the one who has suffered in the flesh is finished with sin. As a result, he lives the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. 3For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to carry out the desire of the pagans—living in indecency, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, wild parties, and lawless idolatries. 4They are surprised that you do not run with them into the same riot of recklessness, and they vilify 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 get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .
• Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were made dead to the Torah through the body of Messiah, so that you might be joined to another—the One who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.
• Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and none dies for himself.
• Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, indeed I insist on it in the Lord—walk no longer as the pagans do, stumbling around in the futility of their thinking.
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partners with them.
• Colossians 3:7At one time you also walked in these ways, when you used to live in these ways.
• Hosea 6:7But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Ephesians 2:3We too all lived among them in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind. By nature we were children of wrath, just like the others.
• 1 Peter 2:15For this is God’s will, that you silence the ignorance of foolish men by doing good.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Let Your good Ruach 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 in heaven.
• Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father?” “The first,” they said. Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.
• Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
• John 1:13They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, 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