1 Peter 4:1-2 NKJV,NLT

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:2

that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.The meaning of these entire first three verses is closely paralleled in thought by Romans 6:1-11. "Peter is saying much the same thing as Paul in Romans 6, but in different language."[5] "He who has shared Christ's cross is no longer alive to the pull of sin through the ordinary human desires, but is alive only to the pull of the will of God."[6] The complete effectiveness of the new... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:1

1 Peter 4:1. 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 you also wear the same spirit, as armour; (Ephesians 6:11.)conscious that you ought to suffer for the truth, if called thereunto: for it is rationally to be supposed, that he, who has uponthis account suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from leading an unholy life, and is resolved to live,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

1. for us—supported by some oldest manuscripts and versions, omitted by others. in the flesh—in His mortal body of humiliation. arm— (Ephesians 6:11; Ephesians 6:13). the same mind—of suffering with patient willingness what God wills you to suffer. he that hath suffered—for instance, Christ first, and in His person the believer: a general proposition. hath ceased—literally, "has been made to cease," has obtained by the very fact of His having suffered once for all, a cessation from sin, which... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

2. 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 :- as to Christ) proves that the reference is here not to Christ, but to the believer, whose remaining time for... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1

Peter’s present appeal grew out of what he had just said about Christ’s victory (1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 3:21 c, 22). In view of His example of committing Himself to accomplishing God’s will, Peter called his readers to commit themselves to the same purpose (cf. 1 Peter 3:15). Jesus suffered to the extent of dying, and Christians should be willing to suffer to the same extent. Selwyn regarded Peter’s statement here as the keystone of his whole doctrinal arch in this epistle. [Note: Selwyn, p.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1-6

3. Living with the promise in view 4:1-6Since Jesus Christ has gained the victory, Peter urged his readers to rededicate themselves to God’s will as long as they might live. He wanted to strengthen their resolve to continue to persevere. He resumed here the exhortation that he broke off in 1 Peter 3:17. Generally speaking, 1 Peter 4:1-3 focus on Christian behavior and 1 Peter 4:4-6 on pagan response. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:2

Peter clarified commitment to God’s will in this verse. "Flesh" refers to one’s mortal lifetime on earth, not to carnal living (cf. 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6).". . . ’the flesh’ is not used here or anywhere else in 1 Peter (it is used seven times; all but one of them are in 1 Peter 3:18 to 1 Peter 4:6) in the Pauline sense of the sinful nature in human beings (as, e.g., in Romans 7-8), but in the normal Jewish sense of human existence as weak, fallen, and therefore subject to pain and death."... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

The Security of the Faithful in the Approaching JudgmentC (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 like Christ in suffering. Suffering gives rest from sin, and the results of what you have already endured should be a life henceforth in accordance with God’s will. You have lived the heathen life long enough in the past to have learnt its wretchedness. The heathen are surprised now at your estrangement from... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:1

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 “killed in (or, to) the flesh” in 1 Peter 3:18, to which the word “then” takes us back. It is difficult to decide about the right of the words “for us” to stand in the text. Tischendorf and Lachmann strike them out, and they are probably right in doing so. The authority for the reading “for you” is nearly as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:1-6

(13-4: 6) EXHORTATION TO KEEP A PURE CONSCIENCE.—It is the only charm against persecution. It is like Christ to suffer with a good conscience; and He had His reward for it, in bringing us, and even the spirits of men who had died impenitent, to God thereby. It is the very meaning of the baptism by which He saves us. To feel its beauty and safety, we have but to consider the ugliness and danger of our former life. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:1

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:1-6

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