1 Peter 4:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Christ

1 Peter 3:18

Arm

Romans 13:12

Philippians 2:5

Hebrews 12:3

For

Ceased

Isaiah 1:16

Ezekiel 16:41

Hebrews 4:10

General references

Bible References

Christ

For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

Arm

The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.

Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility],

Just consider and meditate on Him who endured from sinners such bitter hostility against Himself [consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

For

Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?

I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

Ceased

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Get your evil deeds out of My sight.
Stop doing evil,

They will burn down your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women (Gentile nations). Then I will make you cease your prostitution, and you will no longer hire your lovers.

For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.

General references

The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.

So you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and do His commandments and statutes which I am commanding you today.”

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility],