1 Peter 4 · Verse 2

1 Peter 4:2

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Peter 4:2, King James Version

1 Peter 4:2 in other translations

BSBConsequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
WEBthat you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
ASVthat ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
YLTno more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
DARBYno longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.
BBESo that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
WebsterThat he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

What does 1 Peter 4:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. That he, &c.--"That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from sin by suffering, in the person of Christ, namely, in virtue of his union with the crucified Christ) should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God" as his rule. "Rest of his time in the flesh" (the Greek has the preposition "in" here, not in 1Pe 4:1 as to Christ) proves that the reference is here not to Christ, but to the believer, whose remaining time for glorifying God is short (1Pe 4:3). "Live" in the truest sense, for heretofore he was dead. Not as Alford, "Arm yourselves ... with a view no longer to live the rest of your time."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 2. That he no longer should live. That is, he has become, through the death of Christ, dead to the world and to the former things which influenced him, in order that he should hereafter live not to the lusts of the flesh. 2Cor 5:15.

The rest of his time in the flesh. The remainder of the time that he is to continue in the flesh; that is, that he is to live on the earth.

To the lusts of men. Such lusts as men commonly live for and indulge in. Some of these are enumerated in the following verse.

But to the will of God. In such a manner as God commands. The object of redemption is to rescue us from being swayed by wicked lusts, and to bring us to be conformed wholly to the will of God.

(c) "he no longer" 2Cor 5:15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 That he no longer should live - in the flesh - Governed by the base principle of giving up his faith to save his life; to the lusts of men - according to the will of his idolatrous persecutors; but to the will of God; which will of God is, that he should retain the truth, and live according to its dictates, though he should suffer for it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Peter 4:1-6

The strongest and best arguments against sin, are taken from the sufferings of Christ. He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully submitted to the worst sufferings, yet he never gave way to the least sin. Temptations could not prevail, were it not for man's own corruption; but true Christians make the will of God, not their own lust or desires, the rule of their lives and actions. And true conversion makes a…

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1 Peter 4:2 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἰςeisso asG1519
τὸto<the>G3588
μηκέτιmēketino longerG3371
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnto men’sG444
ἐπιθυμίαις,epithumiaisdesiresG1939
ἀλλὰallabutG235
θελήματιthelēmatito [the] willG2307
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
τὸνtontheG3588
ἐπίλοιπονepiloiponremainingG1954
ἐνeninG1722
σαρκὶsarki[the] fleshG4561
βιῶσαιbiōsaito liveG980
χρόνον.chronontime.G5550

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Cross references for 1 Peter 4:2

  • Ephesians 4:22-24

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  • 1 Peter 1:14

    As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

  • Ephesians 6:6

    Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

  • Romans 6:11

    Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Titus 3:3-8

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; …

  • 2 Corinthians 5:15

    And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  • Romans 6:2

    God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

  • Ephesians 2:3

    Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  • Ephesians 5:7-8

    Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Ephesians 4:17

    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Romans 14:7

    For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

  • 1 Peter 2:1

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
no.
2:1,14; Ro 7:4; 14:7; Eph 4:17,22-24; 5:7,8; Col 3:7,8; Tit 3:3-8
the lusts.
Ho 6:7; *marg:
Mr 7:21; Eph 2:3
the will.
2:15; Ps 143:10; Mt 7:21; 12:50; 21:31; Mr 3:35; Joh 1:13; 7:17
Ro 6:11; 12:2; 2Co 5:15; Ga 2:19,20; Eph 5:17; 6:6; Col 1:9; 4:12
1Th 5:18; Heb 13:21; Jas 1:18; 1Jo 2:17

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Context

  • 1 Peter 4:1

    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;

  • 1 Peter 4:2

    That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • 1 Peter 4:3

    For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

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1 Peter 4:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para que ya el tiempo que queda en carne, viva, no á las concupiscencias de los hombres, sino á la voluntad de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		pour ne plus vivre le reste de son temps dans la chair pour les convoitises des hommes, mais pour la volonté de Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		um die im Fleische noch übrige Zeit nicht mehr den Lüsten der Menschen, sondern dem Willen Gottes zu leben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ut jam non desideriis hominum, sed voluntati Dei, quod reliquum est in carne vivat temporis.