1 Peter 4

Following Christ

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered  * 4:1 Other mss read suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding  * 4:1 Orperspective, or attitude  — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished  * 4:1 Rm 6:10; Heb 4:15; 7:26; 9:28 with sin  * 4:1 Or the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin  —  2 in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.  * 4:2 Mk 3:35; Rm 6:11; 12:23 For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,  * 4:3 Mk 7:22 drunkenness, orgies,  * 4:3 Rm 13:13; Gl 5:21 carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living — and they slander  * 4:4 Or blaspheme you. 5 They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.  * 4:5 Ac 10:42; Rm 14:9; 2Tm 4:1