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

Bible Comments

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 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,' 'Rest of his time in the flesh' (the Greek has 'in' here, not in 1 Peter 4:1 as to Christ) proves that the reference is not to Christ, but to the believer, whose remaining time in the flesh for glorifying God is short (1 Peter 4:3). Not as Alford, 'Arm yourselves ... with a view no longer to live the rest of your time.'

1 Peter 4:2

2 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.