1 Peter 4:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; ”

1 Peter 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh - Since he as a man has died for us. See the notes at 1 Peter 3:18 . The design was to set the suffering Redeemer before them as an exa...
1 Peter 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Forasmuch (1) then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; (1) Having ended his digressi...
1 Peter 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Our voluntary suffering in the way of righteousness denotes our fellowship with Christ, and our breaking with sin. Let there be therefore no return, on the part of converts, to the evil life of pagan...
1 Peter 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Christ . App-98. for us . The texts omit. in the flesh . Greek. sarki, as 1 Peter 3:18 . arm yourselves... with . put on as armour. Greek. hoplizomai. Only here. Compare Romans 6:13 ....
1 Peter 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Forasmuch then as Christ When he had before set forth Christ before us, he only spoke of the suffering of the cross; for sometimes the cross means mortification, because the outward man is...
1 Peter 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; As Christ hath suffered - He is yo...
1 Peter 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Forasmuch then, &c.— "I have already observed, that Christ suffered, though he was perfectly innocent: as therefore Christ, your great Lord and Master, hath suffered for you in the flesh, do yo...
1 Peter 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; Suffered. 'Aleph ('), 'die...
1 Peter 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hath ceased from sin ] cp. Romans 6:2 ; Romans 6:11 . Suffering braces a man's mind, so that temptation loses its power over him, and the opposition of the heathen compelled Christians to be stran...
1 Peter 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1) Forasmuch then... — Literally, a participial phrase: Christ, then, having suffered in (or, to ) the flesh — i.e., so far as the flesh is concerned. The reference is to the words “...
1 Peter 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 THE LESSONS OF SUFFERING 1 Peter 4:1-6 IT is always hard to swim against the stream; and if the effort be a moral one, the difficulty is not lessened. These early Christians were fi...
1 Peter 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the New Life in Christ 1 Peter 4:1-11 The Apostle urges the disciples to make a clean break with sin. As our Lord's grave lay between Him and His earlier life, so there should be a clean break...
1 Peter 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole force of the argument which the apostle has used in speaking thus of the Christ was to show these saints how through suffering Christ reached a triumph, and to call them to arm themselves w...
1 Peter 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter is full of Exhortations, in proposing to the Church, as an Object of unceasing Love, the Lord Jesus Christ; the People are tenderly invited to follow the Lord in the Regenerati...
1 Peter 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh ..... The apostle having finished his digression concerning Christ's preaching in the ministry of Noah, to men whose spirits were now in pr...
1 Peter 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; Ver. 1. Christ hath suffered ]...
1 Peter 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered Even the ignominious and painful death of the cross, with all those previous and concomitant evils, which rendered his death peculiarly bitter; for us And t...
1 Peter 4:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Christ's suffering in the flesh is set before us then as an example; not His sufferings for us in atonement, which were His alone, but His sufferings in a contrary world, in precious, lowly grace. We...
1 Peter 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Mortification of Sin. A. D. 66. 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the fle...
1 Peter 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 PETER CHAPTER 4 1 Peter 4:1-6 The apostle exhorteth to cease from sin, in regard of Christ's having suffered for it, and of a future judgment. 1 Peter 4:7 From the approaching end of all th...
1 Peter 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, you arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that you no longer live the rest of your time in...
1 Peter 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CALL TO HOLY LIVING CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 4:1 . In the flesh .—Or to the flesh; i.e ., so far as the flesh is concerned. The same sphere in which Christian disciples we...
1 Peter 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
1 Peter 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 . Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin: Brethren, we ha...
1 Peter 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:3 . The will of the gentiles. Augustine in his city of God, should be read to see the excess and abominable idolatries of the gentiles. See the notes on Ephesians 5:12 ; Romans 1 . 1...
1 Peter 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Expositions 1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh. St. Peter returns, after the digression of 1 Peter 3:19-60 , to the great subject of Christ's example...
1 Peter 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Forasmuch, then, as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin,
1 Peter 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:18 ; Colossians 3:3-5 ; Ezekiel 16:41 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Galatians 5:24 ; Hebrews 12:3 ; Hebrews 4:10 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Philippians 2:5 ; Romans 13:12-14 ; Romans 6:11 ; Romans 6:...
1 Peter 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Arm yourselves with the same mind — Which will be armour of proof against all your enemies. For he that hath suffered in the flesh — That hath so suffered as to he thereby made inwardly and truly c...

1 Peter 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Peter 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Peter 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Peter 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Peter 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Peter 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes