1 Pedro 4:3 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-3

The apostle here draws a new inference from the consideration of Christ's sufferings. As he had before made use of it to persuade to patience in suffering, so here to mortification of sin. Observe, I. How the exhortation is expressed. The antecedent or supposition is that Christ had suffered for us in the flesh, or in his human nature. The consequent or inference is, ?Arm and fortify yourselves likewise with the same mind, courage, and resolution.? The word flesh in the former part of the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-5

4:1-5 Since then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves with the same conviction, that he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man now is to spend the time that remains to him of life in obedience to the will of God. For the time that is past is sufficient to have done what the Gentiles will to do, to have lived a life of licentiousness, lust, drunkenness, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatry. They think it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

For the time past of our life may suffice us ,.... The word "our" is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions. The Arabic version reads, "the time of your past life"; and to the same purpose the Ethiopic version; and which seems to be the more agreeable reading, since it can hardly be thought that the apostle would put himself among the Jews dispersed among the Gentiles, who had walked with them in their unregeneracy, in all the sins hereafter mentioned,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:3

The time past of our life - This is a complete epitome of the Gentile or heathen state, and a proof that those had been Gentiles to whom the apostle wrote. They walked in lasciviousness, εν ασελγειαις· every species of lechery, lewdness, and impurity. In lusts, επιθυμιαις· strong irregular appetites, and desires of all kinds. In excess of wine, οινοφλυγιαις· wine, and φλυω , to be hot, or to boil; to be inflamed with wine; they were in continual debauches. In revellings, ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:3

Verse 3 3For the time past of our life may suffice Peter does not mean that we ought to be wearied with pleasures, as those are wont to be who are filled with them to satiety; but that on the contrary the memory of our past life ought to stimulate us to repentance. And doubtless it ought to be the sharpest goad to make us run on well, when we recollect that we have been wandering from the right way the greatest part of our life. And Peter reminds us, that it would be most unreasonable were we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-6

I. BY UNION WITH CHRIST . 1. Through suffering. Suffering is the appointed discipline of the Christian soul. Gold is tried by fire, the Christian's faith by suffering. Christ himself suffered in the flesh, and while we are in the flesh we must also suffer. "In that he died, he died unto sin once;" his death separated him from sin, from the sight and hearing of sin, from that mysterious contact with human sin which he endured when "he was made sin for us, though he was without... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-6

I. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST CARNIES WITH IT THE RESOLUTION TO SUFFER . "Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind." Peter goes back to the starting-point, that from it, with practical instruction, he may go beyond the present session of Christ at the right hand of God, viz. to his coming to judgment. He does not say, "put to death in the flesh," but more generally, to suit the condition of those whom he was addressing,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-7

This passage is the most difficult in the entire Epistle. We can see a meaning in each of its sentences taken separately, but when we take them together their meaning, as a whole, is obscure. As far, however, as I can understand it, I would entitle the paragraph, The persecuted Christian reminded of the necessity of suffering for righteousness. Peter here states the fact that suffering for righteousness is no strange thing, but what Christians must reasonably look for. I. CHRIST 'S ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles ; rather, as in the Revised Version, the time past may suffice. The words, "of our life" and "us," are not found in the best manuscripts. St. Peter could not include himself among those who wrought the will of the Gentiles. The Greek word for "will" here is, according to the best manuscripts, βούλημα ; in 1 Peter 4:2 "the will of God" is θέλημα . The general distinction is that θέλω implies... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

Every day and every moment closes and commences a year; yet the artificial arrangement by which it is agreed that a year shall close at one certain fixed moment of a certain fixed day is an arrangement both convenient and contributive in many ways to our moral and religious advantage. The review of the closing year is a very proper, and may be a very profitable, exercise. The newspapers review the events of the year which are of political, financial, or commercial interest. Man has, however,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-3

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:3

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