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1 Peter 4

1 Peter 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forasmuch then as
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
hath suffered
pascho (Greek #3958)
to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)
KJV usage: feel, passion, suffer, vex.
Pronounce: pas'-kho
Origin: πάθω (path'-o), and πένθω (pen'-tho), used only in certain tenses for it apparently a primary verb
for
huper (Greek #5228)
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
KJV usage: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very. In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.
Pronounce: hoop-er'
Origin: a primary preposition
us
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
in the flesh
sarx (Greek #4561)
flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such)
KJV usage: carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Pronounce: sarx
Origin: probably from the base of 4563
, arm
hoplizo (Greek #3695)
to equip (with weapons (middle voice and figuratively))
KJV usage: arm self.
Pronounce: hop-lid'-zo
Origin: from 3696
yourselves
humeis (Greek #5210)
you (as subjective of verb)
KJV usage: ye (yourselves), you.
Pronounce: hoo-mice'
Origin: irregular plural of 4771
likewise
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
with the same
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
mind
ennoia (Greek #1771)
thoughtfulness, i.e. moral understanding
KJV usage: intent, mind.
Pronounce: en'-noy-ah
Origin: from a compound of 1722 and 3563
q: for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
her that hath suffered
pascho (Greek #3958)
to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)
KJV usage: feel, passion, suffer, vex.
Pronounce: pas'-kho
Origin: πάθω (path'-o), and πένθω (pen'-tho), used only in certain tenses for it apparently a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the flesh
sarx (Greek #4561)
flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such)
KJV usage: carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Pronounce: sarx
Origin: probably from the base of 4563
hath ceased
pauo (Greek #3973)
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
KJV usage: cease, leave, refrain.
Pronounce: pow'-o
Origin: a primary verb ("pause")
from sin
hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
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Phil. 2:5• 5For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus; (Phil. 2:5)
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Rom. 6:2,7• 2Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
 7For he that has died is justified from sin. (Rom. 6:2,7)

More on:

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Christ,
Flesh,
Sin

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-11:  He exhorts them to cease from sin by the example of Christ, and the consideration of the general end that now approaches;
12-19:  and comforts them against persecution.
Christ.
1 Peter 3:18• 18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
arm.
Rom. 13:12‑14• 12The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
 13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts. (Rom. 13:12‑14)
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Phil. 2:5• 5For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus; (Phil. 2:5)
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Heb. 12:3• 3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds. (Heb. 12:3)
for.
Rom. 6:2,7,11• 2Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
 7For he that has died is justified from sin.
 11So also *ye*, reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:2,7,11)
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Gal. 2:20• 20I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but in that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)
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Gal. 5:24• 24But they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts. (Gal. 5:24)
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Col. 3:3‑5• 3for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.
 4When the Christ is manifested who is our life, then shall *ye* also be manifested with him in glory.
 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:3‑5)
ceased.
Isa. 1:16• 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;--cease to do evil, (Isa. 1:16)
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Ezek. 16:41• 41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot, and thou also shalt give no more any reward. (Ezek. 16:41)
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Heb. 4:10• 10For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own. (Heb. 4:10)
• The 1st verse of 1 Peter 4 is undoubtedly connected with the 18th verse of the previous chapter, which latter gives a most beautiful motive why a Christian never should suffer for sins, as we have seen. (“Our Stewardship” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• Peter means by “flesh,” our life here in the body. (“Our Stewardship” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• Here, as in 1 Peter 2:24, our Apostle urges death to sins in its practical reality. It is not (as the Apostle Paul, in Romans 6 and elsewhere, teaches) the Christian privilege of having died with Christ to sin, but the duty which flows from His death as a fact in the spiritual realm; that we should no longer serve sin but walk as righteous men after Christ's example. Both speak to the same end. (1 Peter 4:1-6) (“1 Peter 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)
• the practical power of His suffering to give power against sin: "Arm yourselves with the same mind." Never had He pleased Himself, though in Him was no sin. Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. Such was His life in every detail; it was a pure meal-offering, a holy oblation, to God His Father, whose glory He sought in the least thing as in the greatest, and in the humblest, truest, and deepest of all ways—in obedience. (“1 Peter 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)
• Allowing all the difference between the Saviour and the saved, this truly applies to His followers. When we sin, it is our own will that is active to His dishonor. One suffers in refusing to sin; one judges and hates and thwarts the will of flesh, and suffers, but does not sin. If by grace our mind is set on God's will at all cost, sin does not enter. It is suffering in flesh, and therein is separation from sin. And this is the simple normal state of the Christian (“1 Peter 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)
• If we gratify the flesh we do not suffer, but we sin. If we refuse temptation and have done with sin, the flesh suffers instead of being gratified. (“1 Peter 4” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do *ye* also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in the flesh has done with sin,

W. Kelly Translation

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Since Christ then suffered [for usa] in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; because he that suffered in fleshb hath ceased from sin,

WK Translation Notes

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Some MSS. read "for you"; other ancients give "for us." Several omit both, and this most critics prefer.
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The anarthrous construction is little heeded here by the Revisers.