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Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Peter 4:1-6

Admonitions in View of the Second Coming of Christ. Ceasing from sin: v. 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, v. 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. v. 3. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Peter 4:1-6

1 Peter 4:1-6Analysis:—Exhortation to being armed with the mind of the sufferings of Christ, and to killing the flesh in order to make room for the life of the spirit1     Forasmuch then1 as Christ hath suffered for us2 in the flesh, arm yourselves3 likewise with the same mind: for4 he that hath suffered in the flesh5 hath ceased6 from 2sin; That he7 no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.8 3For the time past of our life may suffice9... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Peter 4:1-8

1 Peter CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM 1Pe_4:1-8 . Christian morality brought two new things into the world--a new type of life in sharp contrast with the sensuality rife on every side, and a new set of motives powerfully aiding in its realisation. Both these novelties are presented in this passage, which insists on a life in which the spirit dominates the flesh, and is dominated by the will of God, and which puts forward purely Christian ideas as containing the motives for such a life. The facts of... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Peter 4:2-3

Ecclesiastes THE PAST AND THE FUTURE Ecc_1:9 . - 1Pe_4:2 - 1Pe_4:3 . If you will look at these two passages carefully you will, I think, see that they imply two different, and in some respects contradictory, thoughts about the future in its relation to the past. The first of them is the somewhat exaggerated utterance of a dreary and depressing philosophy, which tells us that, as in the outer world, so in regard to man’s life, there is an enormous activity and no advance, that it is all... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-11

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 between our life as believers and the earth-bound life, which was dominated by lawless passions. Sometimes God employs the acid of persecution or suffering to eat away the bonds that bind us to our past. Let us accept these with a willing mind. The one condition of reigning with the enthroned Christ is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

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 with His mind. Let them act by ceasing from sin and all the gratifications of the flesh which had characterized their past. Injunctions followed the argument. The light of the future is turned on the past, "The end of all things is at hand." The effect of this certainty is then stated in its... read more

Peter Pett

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

‘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 the flesh to the desires of men, but to the will of God.’ Peter now specifically applies his words in terms reminiscent of Romans 6:3-4. Inasmuch as Jesus has suffered in the flesh, in other words has died (1 Peter 3:18), they too are to arm themselves with the same mind and are to see themselves... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

They Can Go Forward In Confidence to Face Whatever Comes Knowing That The Victory Over Suffering Has Already Been Won (1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6 ). Peter now encourages them in the face of opposition. They are not to be afraid when they suffer for righteousness’ sake, but are rather to set apart Christ as holy in their hearts, and ensure that they can give a good answer concerning Him to their adversaries, doing it with a proper attitude (meekness) and in the fear of God. They must however... read more

Peter Pett

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

Application Of The Previous Theme, And Reminder of the Coming Judgment (1 Peter 4:1-19 ). Having portrayed the great and all encompassing victory of Jesus Christ through suffering, Peter now applies the ideas directly to his readers. As previously with the world of Noah and the disobedient angels, judgment is hovering on the horizon. Christians are therefore to live in the light both of His sufferings and of the coming judgment. This is first stressed in 1 Peter 4:1-6, and then expanded on in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

1 Peter 4:1-Joshua : . 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 paganism, even when urged to it by old comrades. They too must face the Divine judgment, which is the same for all, and rules throughout the universe, so that none, alive or dead, can escape this standard, or find any way of salvation save through obedience. 1 Peter 4:1 . mind:... read more

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