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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