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So, since Christ suffered in the flesh [a]for us, for you, arm yourselves with the same thought and [b]purpose [patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God]. For whoever has suffered in the flesh [having [c]the mind of Christ] is done with [intentional] sin [has stopped pleasing himself and the world, and pleases God],

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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:1 Some ancient manuscripts read “for us,” while some “for you.”
  2. 1 Peter 4:1 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  3. 1 Peter 4:1 The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges.

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