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,
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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;
- 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.
- 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 have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- Col 3:3–5For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- Rom 6:11Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Rom 6:7For he who has died has been freed from sin.
- Heb 12:3For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
- Eph 6:13Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
- Phil 2:5Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
- Isa 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
- Rom 13:12–14The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
- Rom 6:2May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
- Heb 4:10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
- Ezek 16:41They will burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you will also give no hire any more.
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