Bible Strands
1 Peter 4:2
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter, writing to scattered believers in Asia Minor, moves from the declaration that suffering in the body means being "done with sin" (v. 1) to its practical outworking in daily conduct.
The words — μὴκέτι (mēketi, "no longer") is the hinge of the verse; it is the word that breaks the old trajectory. The contrast θελήματι (thelēmati, "will") names what replaces human desire as the governing force.
The thread — The same "no longer / dead to" structure appears in Romans 6:11 (count yourselves dead to sin, alive to God) and Ephesians 4:22 (put off the old self corrupted by deceitful desires); 1 Peter 1:14 uses the same logic with "passions of former ignorance."
Why it lands — It asks the reader to stop treating the remaining days as a continuation of the old life and to redirect them toward God's will, with no transition period implied.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Romans 6:11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 6:6 And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Ephesians 5:7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.