1 Peter 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Peter 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That 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...
1 Peter 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That he no longer should live the (a) rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. (a) So much of this present life as remains yet to be passed over.
1 Peter 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

That . To (App-104.) the end that. no longe r. Greek. meketi. live . Greek. bioo . Only here. Compare App-170. rest of his . remaining, Greek. epiloipos. Only here. Compare App-124....
1 Peter 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 That he no longer Here he sets forth the way of ceasing from sin, that renouncing the covetings of men we should study to form our life according to the will of God. And thus he includes h...
1 Peter 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. That he no longer should live - in the flesh - Governed by the base principle of giving...
1 Peter 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. That he ... 'That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from s...
1 Peter 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Security of the Faithful in the Approaching Judgment C (ii). 1 Peter 4:1-6 . 'This is your faith: live then in accordance with it. Arm yourselves against your troubles by resolving to be li...
1 Peter 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That he no longer. — The Greek admits at least equally of the translation, That ye no longer, Thus, this second verse will attach itself, not to the clause “that he that hath suffered,” but to th...
1 Peter 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's 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; (2) That he no longer should live...
1 Peter 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That he no longer should live ,.... The Arabic version reads, "that ye no longer should live". This expresses the end of being armed with the above thought, that a suffering saint after death is cle...
1 Peter 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. That he no longer, &c. ] To spend the span of his transitory life after...
1 Peter 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the flesh; i.e. in the body, meaning his natural life: flesh is here taken in a third sense, different from the two former: so Galatians 2:20 Philippians 1:22 . By the lusts of men, he...
1 Peter 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonitions in View of the Second Coming of Christ. Ceasing from sin:
1 Peter 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:17 ; 1 Peter 2:1 ; 1 Peter 2:14 ; 1 Peter 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; Colossians 1:9 ; Colossians 3:7 ; Colossians 3:8 ; Colossians 4:12 ; Ephesians 2:3 ;...
1 Peter 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That ye may no longer live in the flesh — Even in this mortal body. To the desires of men — Either your own or those of others. These are various; but the will of God is one.

1 Peter 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Peter 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Peter 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Peter 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Peter 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes