1 Peter 4:2 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Peter 4:2

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered¹ for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, ^abut for the will of God.

3 For we have spent enough of our past¹ lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

5 They will give an account to Him who is ready ^ato judge the living and the dead.

6 For this reason ^athe gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but ^blive according to God in the spirit.

Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 4:2

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American Standard Version
that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Amplified® Bible
So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites {and} desires, but [he lives] for what God wills.

Contemporary English Version
It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.

Darby English Version
no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.

Good News Bible
From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

International Standard Version
so that he can live the rest of his time in the flesh guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

New International Version
As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Young's Literal Translation
no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

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