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.
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- WEB Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
- KJV 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;
- NKJV Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
- NASB Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
- NLT So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.
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Quick answer
Because Christ suffered in the body, believers should adopt the same resolve, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has made a decisive break with sin. It calls Christians to a settled willingness to suffer rather than to sin.
Overview
Peter draws a practical conclusion from Christ's example: arm yourself with His same attitude toward suffering. The one who has 'suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin' likely means that the believer who is willing to suffer for righteousness has decisively turned from a life governed by sin. Union with the crucified Christ reshapes the believer's whole orientation away from sin and toward God's will.
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- Gal 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Col 3:3–5For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- Rom 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Rom 6:7For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
- Heb 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- Eph 6:13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
- Phil 2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
- Isa 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- Rom 13:12–14The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Rom 6:2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Heb 4:10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
- Ezek 16:41Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
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