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1 Peter 4

1 Peter 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That
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
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
he
bioo (Greek #980)
to spend existence
KJV usage: live.
Pronounce: bee-o'-o
Origin: from 979
s no longer
meketi (Greek #3371)
no further
KJV usage: any longer, (not) henceforth, hereafter, no henceforward (longer, more, soon), not any more.
Pronounce: may-ket'-ee
Origin: from 3361 and 2089
should live
bioo (Greek #980)
to spend existence
KJV usage: live.
Pronounce: bee-o'-o
Origin: from 979
the rest
epiloipos (Greek #1954)
left over, i.e. remaining
KJV usage: rest.
Pronounce: ep-il'-oy-pos
Origin: from 1909 and 3062
of
chronos (Greek #5550)
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
KJV usage: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Pronounce: khron'-os
Origin: of uncertain derivation
his time
chronos (Greek #5550)
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
KJV usage: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Pronounce: khron'-os
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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
to the lusts
epithumia (Greek #1939)
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
KJV usage: concupiscence, desire, lust (after).
Pronounce: ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah
Origin: from 1937
of men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
, but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
to the will
thelema (Greek #2307)
a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination
KJV usage: desire, pleasure, will.
Pronounce: thel'-ay-mah
Origin: from the prolonged form of 2309
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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2 Cor. 5:15• 15and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Peter 2:1,14• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 14or to rulers as being sent through him, for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to those that do well. (1 Peter 2:1,14)
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Rom. 7:4• 4So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should belong to another, him that was raised out of [the] dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (Rom. 7:4)
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Rom. 14:7• 7For none of us liveth to himself and none dieth to himself; (Rom. 14:7)
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Eph. 4:17,22‑24• 17This then I say and testify in [the] Lord that ye should no longer walk even as also the rest of the nations walk in vanity of their mind,
 22that ye should put off, according to your former conversation, the old man that is corrupt according to the lusts of deceit,
 23and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
 24and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth. (Eph. 4:17,22‑24)
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Eph. 5:7‑8• 7Be not therefore fellow-partakers with them;
 8for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light (Eph. 5:7‑8)
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Col. 3:7‑8• 7in which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:7‑8)
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Titus 3:3‑8• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another.
 4But when the kindness and the love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
 5not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
 6which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
 7that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to hope of eternal life.
 8Faithful [is] the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; (Titus 3:3‑8)
the lusts.
Hos. 6:7•  (Hos. 6:7)
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Hos. 6•  (Hos. 6)
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Mark 7:21• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, (Mark 7:21)
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Eph. 2:3• 3among whom we all also had our conversation once in the lusts of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were children, by nature, of wrath even as the rest; (Eph. 2:3)
the will.
1 Peter 2:15• 15Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men; (1 Peter 2:15)
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Psa. 143:10•  (Psa. 143:10)
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Matt. 7:21• 21Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in the heavens. (Matt. 7:21)
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Matt. 12:50• 50{i}for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.{/i} (Matt. 12:50)
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Matt. 21:31• 31Which of the two did the will of the father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say to you, that the tax gatherers and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. (Matt. 21:31)
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Mark 3:35• 35{i}for whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.{/i} (Mark 3:35)
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John 1:13• 13who were born not of blood, nor of flesh’s will, nor of man’s will, but of God. (John 1:13)
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John 7:17• 17If one desire to do his will, he shall know about the doctrine whether it is of God or I speak from myself. (John 7:17)
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Rom. 6:11• 11So also do ye reckon yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:11)
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Rom. 12:2• 2and not to fashion yourselves to this age but to be transformed by the renewing of the mind that ye may prove what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Rom. 12:2)
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2 Cor. 5:15• 15and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:15)
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Gal. 2:19‑20• 19For I, by law, died to law that I may live to God.
 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:19‑20)
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Eph. 5:17• 17On this account be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]. (Eph. 5:17)
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Eph. 6:6• 6not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, (Eph. 6:6)
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Col. 1:9• 9On this account we also, from the day that we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (Col. 1:9)
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Col. 4:12• 12There saluteth you Epaphras, who [is] of you, a bondman of Jesus Christ, always striving for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all [the] will of God. (Col. 4:12)
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1 Thess. 5:18• 18in everything give thanks, for this [is] God's will in Christ Jesus toward you. (1 Thess. 5:18)
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Heb. 13:21• 21perfect you in every good work unto the doing of his will, working in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)
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James 1:18• 18Having purposed he begot us by [the] word of truth, that we should be a certain firstfruits of his creatures. (James 1:18)
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1 John 2:17• 17And the world is passing, and its lust; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. (1 John 2:17)
• We must either take the will of God as our only motive, or act according to the will of the flesh, for the latter is always present in us. (“1 Peter 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Christ came to obey, He chose to die, to suffer all things rather than not obey. (“1 Peter 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Peter rests on the effect; Paul, as ever, goes to the root, Romans 6. (“1 Peter 4” by J.N. Darby)
• In our unconverted days we lived in the gratification of our natural desires without any reference to the will of God. Now we are on exactly opposite lines. (“1 Peter 4” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men’s lusts, but to God’s will.

W. Kelly Translation

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no longer to live the rest of time in flesh to men’s lusts but to God’s will.