8:3, Jesus said to Satan, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Christ used the Word as a sword to push back the enemy, Satan. What does the Bible say about retaliation? Festus told Paul, “You are out of your mind!” (Acts 26:24) and people even thought the same thing of our Lord (Mark 3:21). If it exist in remembrance, it shall be in the remembrance of the bad; for the Lord will cause the name of the wicked to rot, to become a stench in the nostrils of the good, and to be only known to the wicked themselves by its putridity. Comp. ◄ 1 Peter 4:1 ► Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. Peter was aware of this fact. He liked having a nice steak or prime rib before him, with all the other delicacies, topped off with ice cream. (Exploring 1 Peter0. How could any suffering (except for physical death) result in a complete, ongoing cessation from sin?". The Spirit of God using the Word of God will produce a son of God. We are to prepare ourselves for suffering by knowing God’s Word, operating on faith daily, and scrutinizing the example of Christ, so that when suffering comes we will be prepared for it, able to handle it and learn from it the lessons God wants us to learn. Someone may ask, “Can a Christian do this or do that?” He might do it one time, my friend, but if he lives in sin there is something radically wrong. Do Christ's will, and He will look after your welfare." Abominable (111) (athemitos from a = negative + themis = statute, an adjective from themis = law) is literally contrary to statute, and thus illegal or unlawful. In its most basic form, thelema refers to a wish, a strong desire, and the willing of some event. Those figures disturb me! (Amplified Bible - Lockman). Remember the way you think determines how you act (and react). The basic meaning of krino is to form an opinion after separating and considering the particulars in the case. In the case of soldiers it means to equip one's self with weapons. Peter commands them, as Christ suffered at the hands of wicked men, but entrusted Himself to the righteous Judge, and finally suffered physical death, so Christians were to consider the spiritual reality of what that physical death meant to their own spiritual death. Don't just count your days, Peter explains they may die but they will live. 1 Peter 4:2 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Peter 4:2, NIV: "As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God." Comp. You lived in sin once, but Christ died for your sin, so you must reckon that, in Him, you died to sin, seeing that He died in your stead. Judged in the flesh - Refers here to the physical flesh. -Anon. THOUGHT - Have you been unjustly treated or maligned because of your faith in Jesus Christ? KJV: 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: NET: For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. They want to experience more of the world before they make a full commitment to godliness. Not henceforth to bow before the bondage of evil habit, but with erect and upright gaze to behold the face of Christ --such is the choice. Maligning or blaspheming you for your stand in Christ makes them guilty of blaspheming Christ, and for this they will pay a dear price! It is difficult to see how believers are done with sin in this life, but it makes good sense to say that Christ was done with sin once for all at the cross. Keep on the right path, no matter how many are running the other way. When we enter God’s plan for our lives we enter maximum blessing. Therefore looks back primarily to Christ's suffering and death in 1 Peter 3:18+ and Peter reiterates that Jesus suffered as a Man and His example and selfless attitude should motivate us to arm ourselves with the same attitude. 1:18; 2:21, 24; 3:18). He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully submitted to the worst … What is Peter explaining? 2:11; Col. 2:20; 3:3. --Sper Christ kept His mind and thoughts upon righteousness and salvation. Resound the fields; and mixed in headlong rout, The gospel had been preached to them and they had become Christians. The mob is so closed in its view of life that when one of their crowd makes a decision like this, it is astonished. Those who do know Jesus, and have been forgiven and redeemed by him, will be acquitted, but we will still need to give an account of what we have done with our gifts, including the gift of salvation itself (1 Cor. Finally, the point is that once the Christian grasps this insight he will realize from the example of Christ in 3:18–22 that he must live for God now (which means a suffering in the flesh and thus a battling of sin), for that will lead to a parallel victory (a state of having ceased from sin). This is the hardest passage in the New Testament. “In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. He had just said to those who are dead. This interpretation could still be defended if sin is understood in terms similar to Rom 6:8–10. I should not get my scuba gear and try to find it. The first is in Luke... Lk 1:19 And the angel answered and said to him (Zacharias), "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news. When we are living to please Him, His will is our law, His Word our rule, His Son's life our Example, His Spirit rather than our own soul is our Guide and Source of strength. -- Vernon C. Grounds (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. The time past was sufficient for living like that; there is a new era which begins now. They think you are crazy for leaving this party life. All rights reserved). We must know God’s Word and apply it to our lives by faith. Someone has said this is the most difficult verse in the Bible to interpret! Peter was reminding his readers of the Christians who had been martyred for their faith. The world make look like the battleground for believers (and it is) but the real war takes place in our mind where the battle is over truth. The one fish was intended to be the age-old symbol for Christ. The verb arm in aorist imperative which calls for a decisive choice to effectively accomplish this action and implies an urgent and immediate call to do so. And note "rest of life" lived for God. THE GOSPEL HAS FOR THIS PURPOSE BEEN PREACHED EVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAD THAT THOUGH THEY ARE JUDGED IN THE FLESH AS MEN: eis touto gar kai nekrois eueggelisthe (3SAPI) hina krithosi (3PAPS) men kata anthropous sarki: For this purpose - Whenever you see a phrase like this the question which should immediately enter you mind is "What purpose?" Guzik - Sadly, many Christians (in their heart of hearts) think that they have not spent enough time doing the will of the ungodly. Dead men do not sin. In (Nu 15:38,40) the Lord told the Jews to put a blue thread on the borders of their clothes. (Bible Exposition Commentary). 2 Cor 10:4 for the weapons (hoplon) of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. means is that if you trust God enough to suffer for doing what is right (as 1 Pe 3:17 says), then you have made a decisive break with sin. KJV: 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. God broke the power of sin in his life when He saved him. That make us disingenuous with God. This is the same argument Paul uses for believers to stop sinning in Romans 6:4-6 (Semon). This use of "logos" was frequently used in the commercial world to speak of business accounts which pictures an accounting ledger. (Commentary on the New Testament: Verse-by-Verse Explanations with a Literal Translation - Baker Academic), By arming ourselves with the mind of Christ we will no doubt suffer the same suffering of Jesus. 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