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;
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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;
- BSB 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.
- 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 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
- 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- Col 3:3–5For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- Rom 6:11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Rom 6:7For he that is dead is freed from sin.
- Heb 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Eph 6:13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
- Phil 2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
- Isa 1:16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Rom 13:12–14The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- Rom 6:2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Heb 4:10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
- Ezek 16:41And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
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